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Trace Driven Development: Unifying Testing and Observability - Ted Young, LightStep

CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
Talks
YouTube
Cited on HN 5 times, 2019–2020, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Mostly linked by a company in its recurring hiring posts as a tech talk showing its approach, rather than recommended by commenters.

Ted Young of LightStep proposes trace testing, using distributed tracing data to unify testing and observability. The KubeCon-era talk argues for testing against trace data rather than treating tests and monitoring separately.

5 citations · Talks · intermediate · partly dated

5 Hacker News comments

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@akyaky May 2019 Cites it
on HN thread Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)
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LightStep | San Francisco, New York City, or Remote | Onsite or Remote | [link] LightStep builds observability tools for proactively monitoring software in today's microservices-driven world. We write software for other engineering teams, and are the only company that develops observability tools at the scale and complexity that enterprises need them. To learn more about who we are, our engineering culture, and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: [link] You can listen to us discuss why performance is a shape not a number ( [link] ), why we need to rethink the traditional three pillars of observability ( [link] ), and trace driven development ( [this video] ). Our open positions: * See All Open Roles: [link] * Engineering Manager: [link] * Full Stack Product Engineer: [link] * OSS Engineer: [link] * Software Engineer: [link] * Software and Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps: [link] * (First!) Sales Engineer in NYC: [link] ^we have an account exec, SDR, and small eng presence in NYC already so you have company! * Technical Account Manager in SF: [link] ^even if you haven't been a TAM before, software engineers that crave more customer facing work and cross functional impact can be really successful in this role Tech Stack: d3.js/React/Redux single page webapp, Go backend Email austen[at]lightstep[dot]com for inquiries.
Company talk on trace driven development
@akyaky Sep 2019 Cites it
on HN thread Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)
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LightStep | SF, NYC, Remote | [link] LightStep builds observability tools for proactively monitoring software in today's cloud-native world. We write for other engineering teams, and are the only company that develops observability tools at the scale and complexity that enterprises need them. We're especially looking for people-minded engineers who are excited about shipping useful, meaningful products for the developer community. To learn more about our diverse, thoughtful team; our engineering culture; and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: [link] You can also check out some recent blog posts and tech talks: * "How we write code at LightStep" [link] * "Trace driven development" [this video] * "How GCS processes cloud functions 4x faster than AWS" [link] Our open positions: * All Roles: [link] * OSS Engineer (remote friendly): [link] * Software Engineer (remote friendly): [link] * Software and Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps (remote friendly): [link] We're big believers in growth and that a career path can take many different shapes and forms; with that being said, for remote candidates, we do request prior professional experience in your discipline/field of interest. We are not able to sponsor new H1B visas at this time. Tech Stack: d3.js/React/Redux single page webapp, Go backend Email austen[at]lightstep[dot]com for inquiries.
Company tech talk on trace driven development
@akyaky Oct 2019 Cites it
on HN thread Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)
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LightStep | SF or Remote | [link] LightStep builds observability tools for proactively monitoring software in today's microservices-driven world. We write for other engineering teams, and are the only company that develops observability tools at the scale and complexity that enterprises need them. We're especially looking for people-minded engineers who are excited about shipping useful, meaningful products for the developer community. To learn more about whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: [link] You can also check out some recent blog posts, tech talks, and demo: * Play with our product for free! [link] * "How we write code at LightStep" [link] * "Trace driven development" [this video] Select open positions: * All Roles: [link] * Engineering Manager (SF) - high priority: [link] * Software Engineer (remote friendly): [link] * Software and Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps (remote friendly): [link] * Technical Account Manager (SF, NYC): [link] We are not able to sponsor new H1B visas at this time. Tech Stack: d3.js/React/Redux single page webapp, Go backend Email austen[at]lightstep[dot]com for inquiries.
Company tech talk on trace driven development
@lmejia-santana Dec 2019 Cites it
on HN thread Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)
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LightStep | San Francisco or Remote | [link] LightStep builds observability tools for proactively monitoring software in today's microservices-driven world. We write for other engineering teams, and are the only company that develops observability tools at the scale and complexity that enterprises need them. We're especially looking for people-minded engineers who are excited about shipping useful, meaningful products for the developer community. To learn more about our diverse, thoughtful team; our engineering culture; and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: [link] You can also check out some recent blog posts, tech talks, and demo: * Play with our product for free! [link] * "How we write code at LightStep" [link] * "Trace driven development" [this video] * "How GCS processes cloud functions 4x faster than AWS" [link] Our open positions (Hiring multiple roles but actively seeking EM): * All Roles: [link] * Engineering Manager (SF) - high priority: [link] We are not able to sponsor new H1B visas at this time. Tech Stack: d3.js/React/Redux single page webapp, Go backend Email Luis[at]lightstep[dot]com for inquiries.
Company tech talk on trace driven development
@swilson24 Sep 2020 Cites it
on HN thread Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2020)
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LightStep | San Francisco or Remote | [link] LightStep builds observability tools for proactively monitoring software in today's microservices-driven world. We write for other engineering teams, and are the only company that develops observability tools at the scale and complexity that enterprises need them. We're especially looking for people-minded engineers who are excited about shipping useful, meaningful products for the developer community. To learn more about our diverse, thoughtful team; our engineering culture; and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: [link] You can also check out some recent blog posts and tech talks: * "How we write code at LightStep" [link] * "Trace driven development" [this video] * "How GCS processes cloud functions 4x faster than AWS" [link] Our open positions: All Roles: [link] * Engineering Manager (SF) * Software Engineer (remote friendly) * Software and Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps (remote friendly) * Technical Account Manager (SF) * Technical Account Manager (Remote – East Coast) We're big believers in growth and that a career path can take many different shapes and forms; with that being said, for remote candidates, we do request prior professional experience in your discipline/field of interest. Tech Stack: d3.js/React/Redux single page webapp, Go backend Email swilson[at]lightstep[dot]com for inquiries.
Company tech talk on trace driven development

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