The Honeybadger Developer Blog

Tutorials, product info, and good advice from the Honeybadger crew.

Elixir background jobs: choosing the right tool for the job

Elixir's rich ecosystem offers multiple solutions for background processing, from the standard library's Task module to database-backed systems like Oban. This comprehensive guide explores the landscape of background job libraries, their tradeoffs, and helps developers understand the evolution of background processing in Elixir.
  • A photo of Paweł Świątkowski By Paweł Świątkowski
  • Elixir
  • Jul 21, 2025

A Rubyist's guide to big-O notation

Big-O notation gives you insight into scaling. Uncover the meaning of things like O(N^2) and learn how to use these concepts to speed up your apps.

A guide to PHP exception handling

Improve your PHP applications with this comprehensive guide to PHP exception handling. Discover best practices and practical tips to master error management.

Building a gRPC Node.js API

Building gRPC Node.js applications has become a popular choice because of its performance and scalability. gRPC provides many benefits over traditional REST-based services, such as faster response times, better performance, and simpler code structure. Read this comprehensive guide to learn how to build a gRPC server using Node.js.

Multithreading in JavaScript with Web Workers

JavaScript is single-threaded, but did you know you can simulate multithreading in JavaScript? Learn how to use web workers to perform operations in parallel.

Managing PostgreSQL table partitioning in Ruby

PostgreSQL table partitioning is a great way to improve database bloat but is hard to manage. Honeybadger's pgpartitionmanager gem can help you maintain partitions.

Django AWS deployment with Elastic Beanstalk

Deploying and managing high-availability Python web applications isn't easy. Dig in to master Django AWS deployment with Elastic Beanstalk.

The ultimate JavaScript regex guide

Regular expressions can be daunting, but they don't have to be! Learn everything you need about regular expressions and how to use them in JavaScript.

Elixir performance monitoring for Phoenix, Oban, and more

Honeybadger's new performance monitoring dashboards capture Elixir telemetry automatically while giving you direct access to transform, query, and alert on the underlying data—no black boxes, just total visibility.

Is No PaaS really a good idea for Rails?

Rails 8 promises to make it easier to deploy and host Rails apps, no-PaaS required. Jump in with us to see where it delivers and where it falls short.

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