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Ken Rimple

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Developer Relations Advocate, Honeycomb.io. My opinions are my own and not official statements of Honeycomb. I focus on Honeycomb for Frontend Observability, Java/Spring, and various other tech. Office hours available! https://honeycomb.io/office-hours

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Using Core Web Vitals in Honeycomb Frontend Telemetry Google's Core Web Vitals (CWVs) measurements have been used by web administrators and SREs to review frontend application performance metrics, and have been factored into Google's page rankings since ...

Core Web Vitals telemetry can be a bit confusing to understand, especially when each browser is sending them in real time. I've put together a quick guide to some of the odd edge cases. www.honeycomb.io/blog/using-c...

23.02.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Honeycomb co-founders Charity Majors and Christine Yen are hosting a live fireside chat on Feb 3 about where observability is headed and what it takes to run modern, AI-driven systems with confidence.

Register here πŸ‘‰ buff.ly/GpusMCg

#honeycomb #observability #AI

20.01.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

... and get them for yourself too!

12.09.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Always get your children their vaccinations. Anyone who tells you otherwise is not speaking from actual factual information and it leads to this.

12.09.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
<input> element underlined with tooltip "View issue: A form field element should have an id or name attribute"

<input> element underlined with tooltip "View issue: A form field element should have an id or name attribute"

Chrome Dev Tools upgraded to straight up underlining problematic elements. I like it, points to Google ⭐️

Many people never open the Issues panel, this is much better integrated.

06.09.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Story of my life as a front-end developer.

23.07.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's just not right.

18.07.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Claude Code usage graphed in Honeycomb show the P50 and P90 of token usage by session and by model.

Claude Code usage graphed in Honeycomb show the P50 and P90 of token usage by session and by model.

You can just graph your Claude Code usage using OpenTelemetry on Honeycomb.

19.06.2025 04:16 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It's here! Honeycomb's Mobile Frontend Observability support!

19.05.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Observability Day London Immerse yourself in a day that brings observability to life. With a powerful mix of keynote talks, technical deep-dives, live demos, and real-world stories, you’ll walk away with practical insights yo...

Also, looking forward to speaking in our O11yDays London event next week! Stoked that I'm able to talk about the great things in Honeycomb Frontend Observability! events.honeycomb.io/o11ydays-Lon...

06.05.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Visualizing Session Flow With Honeycomb The concept of a β€œsession” is essential when looking at longer-running interactions, like user interface interactions from a given user.

It's been a while, sky'ers (what do we call ourselves over here?) Anyway, new blog post up on how to use Honeycomb's Explore Data tab and the `session.id` attribute to query frontend user flow. www.honeycomb.io/blog/visuali...

06.05.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Devopsdays Chicago 2025 DevOpsDays Chicago is coming back in 2025! The group that brought you DevOpsDays Chicago 2014-2023 is back together and planning the tenth event. We're encouraged by the feedback from previous year's...

We're looking forward to attending #DevOpsDays Chicago 🐝 If you'll be in the windy city, be sure to stop by our booth and say hi! devopsdays.org/events/2025-...

17.03.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Off Call and On Tap: SREcon Tailgate with Spacelift, Honeycomb, Oso & Cloudsmith

Attending SREcon? Take a break with the unofficial SREcon North America tailgate, hosted by us, along with our friends from Spacelift, Oso, and Cloudsmith! Join us on March 26 to enjoy some refreshments, games and make new connections. Learn more: events.spacelift.io/off-call-on-...

17.03.2025 20:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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18.03.2025 03:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does eating at the Carnegie Diner near Carnegie Hall count? 'Cause that's what I did. TOURIST.

10.03.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Observability Day - Denver This free in-person event is tailored for both the hands-on professionals and visionary strategists in the tech ecosystem. Engage in a mix of engineering best practices, hands-on workshops, ...

Honeycomb Observability Day is coming to Denver on March 27!

It's a day we engage in sesssions with a mix of engineering best practices, hands-on workshops, and insightful product demonstrations..

I'm speaking about Frontend Observability.

Save your place: events.honeycomb.io/o11ydays-Den...

06.03.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LLMs Are Weird Computers A perspective on AI models as an inverted computing paradigm

This post is SO, SO good. Very much in line with my thinking about AI and the future of software. I hope we can get @PhillipCarter.dev to speak at one of our upcoming #AICodeCon events.

04.03.2025 19:42 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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EVE Evolved: The Future of EVE’s API | EVE Online Enhancing ESI for a better third-party ecosystem.

Have you ever been playing @eveonline.com and thought, "wow, this is awesome?" Us too.

It's partially thanks to Honeycomb observability, which helps their engineers find performance bottlenecks, optimize performance, and prevent strain on the backend. Learn more: www.eveonline.com/news/view/ev...

28.02.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On March 20th, join @charity.wtf and @phillipcarter.dev of Honeycomb, along with @nathenharvey.bsky.social, @dora.dev Lead, as they explore the challenges of AI usage in software engineering and how teams can avoid common pitfalls.

Register today: info.honeycomb.io/ai-unrealize... #AIObservability

28.02.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DevOpsDays Los Angeles 2025 DevOpsDays Los Angeles 2025

The Honeycomb team will be on the ground at DevOps Day LA, and we want to meet you πŸ‘‹

Stop by our booth to learn about OpenTelemetry, observability, and play our ObservaQuiz to win a prize! #DevOpsDayLA devopsdays.org/events/2025-...

26.02.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Wiring Up a Next.js Self-Hosted Application to Honeycomb In this blog post, Senior DevRel Ken Rimple will get you started ingesting your Next.js application’s telemetry into Honeycomb.

Are you trying to connect Honeycomb to a standalone (not hosted with Vercel) #Next.js application? @krimple.bsky.social can help!

In his latest blog, he shares the configuration steps, how to view your traces, how to explore your frontend React #telemetry, and more: www.honeycomb.io/blog/wiring-...

26.02.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be speaking in Denver on frontend observability

27.02.2025 04:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Observability Day - NYC This free in-person event is tailored for both the hands-on professionals and visionary strategists in the tech ecosystem. Engage in a mix of engineering best practices, hands-on workshops, ...

You: in NYC on March 11th. Me? there with you, at the O11yDays event learning about OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb. It's free, and we have great information to share! events.honeycomb.io/o11ydays-NYC

20.02.2025 14:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Switching Observability Platforms With Confidence In this guide, you'll learn how we make switching to Honeycomb as easy and risk-free as possible by partnering with your engineering teams.

Observability tools serve as the essential eyes and ears for engineering, providing invaluable insights. Here at Honeycomb, we're dedicated to transforming the observability experience with our innovative and modern approach.

19.02.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Golly, what could go wrong?

20.02.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wiring Up a Next.js Self-Hosted Application to Honeycomb In this blog post, Senior DevRel Ken Rimple will get you started ingesting your Next.js application’s telemetry into Honeycomb.

Self-hosting a Next.js server in your favorite container system? I can help you instrument it for Honeycomb. www.honeycomb.io/blog/wiring-... @honeycomb.io

18.02.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Freedom of speech is for everyone, not just for the administration.

17.02.2025 03:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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calculator-app - Chad Nauseam Home "A calculator app? Anyone could make that." (this was originally a https://x.com/ChadNauseam/status/1890889465322786878) Not true. A calculator should show you the result of the mathematical expressi…

Aww but this should be soooo easy.... chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...

16.02.2025 15:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0