March 2021 Summaries

PostHog's latest release, version 1.23.0, introduces several new features and improvements aimed at enhancing user experience and analytics capabilities. Key additions include a date filter for heatmaps, automatic filtering of test accounts, Gravatar support, and a plugin for tracking first-time events. The update also reinstates improved webhooks, allowing access to all event properties in webhook messages, and introduces an 'Organization Settings' page for better management. Self-hosted users must ensure their app server is operational to continue ingesting events from this release onward. Special attention is required for CloudFormation deployments to address potential memory limit issues. The release also includes numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements, with significant contributions from the community, notably from the MVP Sandeep. PostHog continues to encourage community engagement and offers opportunities for user interviews and open roles for various engineering and marketing positions.

PostHog 1.22 introduces a range of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to improve user experience and performance. Noteworthy additions include support for bar charts by value, automatic setting of UTM tags as user properties, and the ability to select multiple values with equality filters. The update also brings improvements to user management tools, such as a revamped UI for individual person pages and better dashboard data handling. A significant announcement for self-hosted users is the transition of event ingestion to the app server, necessitating that it remains operational. The release celebrates community contributions, highlights the addition of a new growth engineer, and encourages user feedback to further enhance PostHog. Numerous bug fixes have been applied to address issues with dashboards, filters, and plugin servers, ensuring a smoother and more efficient user experience.