Benjamin Coe

@BenjaminCoe

Co-founded Attachments(dot)me, early employee at @npmjs, maintains yargs and Istanbul, created conventionalcommits.org. Product at @getsentry.

Kitchener, Canada

github.com/bcoe

Joined March 2009

Benjamin Coe
@BenjaminCoe
Jul 9
I've spent *maybe too much* time thinking about logging. At npm, logging was my main tool for debugging the registry. At Google, I learned to log proactively so debugging rarely required a deployment. Now, as a PM at Sentry, I get to learn how developers across many companies
When and what should I be logging?
From blog.sentry.io
Benjamin Coe
@BenjaminCoe
May 15
argument: dashboards are still applicable in a world where analysis of telemetry is being done with agents. they're just more ephemeral -- perhaps conveying info from a single investigation -- and *way* easier to build.
New ways to agentically build and edit dashboards
From blog.sentry.io
Benjamin Coe
@BenjaminCoe
May 5
Good sign: we immediately relied on Application Metrics @sentry while building them. They're launching today 👏 Why care? • dead simple to instrument • connected to spans, errors, logs → actually see why something’s off the rails • generous free tier — great for hobby
Introducing Application Metrics: Track the signal, see the spike, jump to the trace
From blog.sentry.io
Benjamin Coe
@BenjaminCoe
Apr 28
I'm having far too much fun stress testing @sentry's new Application Metrics product. I can't decide if I like the "scrum_token" or "disruption_id" more.
Benjamin Coe
@BenjaminCoe
Apr 20
scientists prove that deep music is the rhythm of the world (2hz = 120bpm). all those vocal samples in club bangers were right!
Nature’s "universal rhythm": Why animals communicate at 2 Hertz
From openaccessgovernment.org