Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

January 2019

Announcing the latest dashboard enhancements

When we first released our custom dashboard over a year ago, we had the needs of our customers in mind. The customizable tiles go a long way in ensuring that the dashboard meets your data display needs while being easy to use. We’re always improving the Raygun dashboard—here’s the latest from the app team.

SOLID design principles: Building stable and flexible systems

To build stable and flexible software, we need to keep software design principles in mind. Having error-free code is essential. However, well-designed software architecture is just as important. SOLID is one of the most well-known sets of software design principles. It can help you avoid common pitfalls and think about your apps’ architecture from a higher level.

What site reliability engineering (SRE) and how is it different from DevOps?

Site reliability engineering (SRE) is Google’s approach to service management where software engineers run production systems using a software engineering approach. It’s clear that Google is unique, and they usually need to tackle software bugs and errors in different and non-conventional ways. But having software engineers doing a job that is traditionally done by professionals with a systems administration background sounds impractical.

Wellington, have you seen us? Here's the story of the Raygun neon sign

In early November, at an event Raygun hosted at Dockside restaurant, we were interviewed and featured by Television New Zealand (TVNZ) about Wellington’s booming tech sector. As part of our contribution and commitment to the Wellington tech scene, we announced at the event that we’d be investing NZD $15 million into the local economy over the next two years.