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You’ve built something, it’s live, and users are starting to show up. Maybe you programmed it from scratch, used a tool, or vibe-coded it into existence. No matter how it came to be, the fact that you’ve got users is great! But here’s a question every new developer must eventually ask: how do I know when my site is actually failing? ‍ The thing is, these failures aren’t always obvious.

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For more than a decade, Cookpad, a global platform for recipe sharing and search, has relied on APM tools to monitor critical application performance metrics, like server response times and resource usage. When their previous APM tool became too expensive after price increases, they needed to find a new solution that could check all of their boxes.

‍In this final part, the Scout team continues our talk with Freedom Dumalo, former CTO at Flexcar and current CTO at Vestmark. We discuss some essential questions about architecture, touch on Rails, Turbo, and Stimulus, and the key considerations for those starting off before they lock in an architecture or tech decision. ‍ By the way, before we jump in, Scout Error Monitoring is coming!

It’s been a while since we’ve shared what’s been bubbling up behind these scenes are Scout. In this post, here’s an update on where we’ve been and where we’re going!

In 2025, many companies are reckoning with the true cost of microservices, especially as cloud bills grow and engineering teams face coordination fatigue. The move back to monoliths is gaining traction, particularly for startups and mid-sized businesses who need: ‍ At Scout APM, we’ve been thinking about these shifts not just from a monitoring perspective, but from a broader architectural one.

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In 2025, many companies are reckoning with the true cost of microservices, especially as cloud bills grow and engineering teams face coordination fatigue. The move back to monoliths is gaining traction, particularly for startups and mid-sized businesses who need: ‍

Congratulations! Your Rails app has finally started seeing consistent traffic and things are on the upswing. But with growth comes the potential for the sluggish sort of SQL queries that can really slow things down. In this post, we’ll go over what your database (whether it’s MySQL or PostgreSQL) can tell you about the problem, and we’ll also talk about what it can’t tell you. Spoiler alert: this is where Scout comes galloping over the hillside to the rescue!

‍ Let’s talk about something we’ve all experienced: a customer reports that their checkout process is “sometimes slow,” – or maybe you noticed an unexpected spike in response times. So, you dive into the logs, grep through thousands of lines, and try to match timestamps with your APM traces. Sound familiar? At Scout, we’ve seen countless engineering teams struggle with this disconnect between their logging and APM tools.