@al-duncanson

Self-hosting my observability platform

Oct 23, 2024 · 3 min read · I’ve been using Highlight in my side projects for a little while now to handle error monitoring, session replay, logging, and tracing within my applications. What I really appreciate—both about the product and the team behind it—is their commitment t...

O11y on Rails

Aug 21, 2024 · 6 min read · In my last article, Observability in Software, I explored the concept of observability, or o11y, and its role in maintaining and improving visibility in software systems. https://alduncanson.com/observability-in-software Given this critical role, i...

Observability in software

Jul 16, 2024 · 5 min read · O11y, pronounced similar to “folly” without the “f”, is a numeronym commonly used to refer to observability in relation to software infrastructure. We get o11y by taking the first and last letters in the word “observability”, and replacing the inner ...

Secrets management

Jul 8, 2024 · 3 min read · What is a secret? In software engineering, what are we referring to when we say secret? A secret, at its essence, is a piece of sensitive information that you want to keep, well, secret. Secrets come in many forms, and you’ve likely encountered more ...

Port Forwarding

Jul 1, 2024 · 3 min read · What is port forwarding? Port forwarding, in this case local port forwarding, is a technique often used in software engineering for things like previewing local environments or testing webhooks. In this article I’ll go over how I use port forwarding ...