In my lifetime, there have been lots of “you’ll always remember where you were” moments. The Challenger disaster and September 11, 2001, are the first two that always come to mind for me. But I think this will be the first time that the thing I will remember most is that I mostly stayed at home. It has been a challenging year for everybody as I can tell from the many, many Zoom/Teams/WebEx sessions with clients, team members, and partners – whether it is the loss of family and friends, of which there has been so much, or the challenge [...]

Overlooked API monitoring problems To understand how API monitoring problems get overlooked, there's an old story that goes something like this: You come across a person standing under a street light looking around. You ask if you can help. "I've lost my car keys," they say without looking up. So you start to look around to help them. After a few minutes you ask, "where did you last see them?" They stop, look up, and point at the woods to the side of the road. "I dropped them over there," they say. "So why are we looking here?" They look [...]

When I’ve thought about monitoring tool (s), especially in the context of API monitoring  tools recently, I’ve been reminded of this famous phrase from The Lord of the Rings saga: […]