The Hackernoon Podcast

Conversations with Hacker Noon’s Editorial Team and technologists about technology.

Talking Traces and OpenTelemetry

Hosted by Jon Dodson, Alex Arnell

Jon Dodson has an 11-year Heroku veteran with him on the podcast this week, Principal Member of Technical Staff Alex Arnell. Together they talk through the native integration of OpenTelemetry in Heroku Fir, the benefits of traces over traditional logs, how they assist debugging, and what’s next for observability in modern development.

Hosted By:

Jon Dodson

Software Engineering LMTS, Heroku

with Guest:

Alex Arnell

Software Engineering PMTS, Heroku

The Hackernoon Podcast • June 15th, 2020

How to Build a Tech Podcast and Engage the Community by Jennifer Hooper, Former Producer at Code[ish] by Heroku

Jennifer Hooper, the former Producer at Code[ish] and Senior Director, Technical Product Marketing, Content, and Brand at Heroku, joins Utsav Jaiswal to share her insights to building a tech podcast. Code[ish] focuses on code, technology and the life of the developer.

They talk about the place for growth-hacks in technology podcasts, how to add value to the listeners', and the importance of naming your podcast in an SEO-friendly manner. Jennifer, shares her process of sticking to schedules despite millions of moving pieces involved, the challenges of recording from remote locations, and the role of the community in podcasting.