October 2021 Summaries

Sentry has updated its application monitoring solution for Unity, providing developers with visibility into their game's performance on various devices and platforms. The tool offers features such as native crash reporting, session data, real-time metrics, and percent-based alerts that adjust to changes in traffic. With Sentry, Unity developers can monitor their code across multiple platforms, track errors and performance issues, and identify the root cause of problems without having to manually recreate issues on different devices. The solution also provides rich context about the software and OS running on the device, including device type, orientation, battery level, GPU state, CPU info, and more. This allows developers to quickly solve code issues, learn how each release performs over time, and prioritize gamer experience issues effectively.

We at Sentry, an Open Source-aligned company, distributed $154,999.89 to 108 recipients during FOSS Fund 155, a funding initiative that supports open source projects and maintainers. This amount is derived from the value tech companies receive from volunteer labor in the open source community, with Sentry aiming to contribute meaningfully by fairly compensating volunteers. The funds were allocated to support eight formal non-profit foundations, 97 individual projects, and three internships through platforms like GitHub Sponsors and Open Collective. Sentry's goal is to lead by example within the industry, raising transparency about companies' open source contributions and supporting community-managed dependencies to make it more feasible for maintainers to determine their own future. The company also prioritizes welcoming new contributors into the open source community through outreach programs and employee involvement in allocating the budget.

To combat the chaos of growing products, teams, and external tools, companies can leverage Sentry's features such as ownership rules, alerts, and trace view to streamline issue resolution, collaborate across teams with project filters and activity tab, and learn from issues to improve workflow. Sentry offers customizable dashboards, release health, and discover queries to provide visibility into application stability and performance, enabling developers to reduce time spent on troubleshooting and focus on building products that customers want.

Hacktoberfest is Upon Us Hacktoberfest is an annual celebration of the open source community where participants are challenged to contribute four pull requests to participating open source projects during October, with rewards including a t-shirt and recognition. Sentry, an open source company, welcomes new contributors and provides resources such as developer docs and a Discord channel to help get started. The event is made possible by DigitalOcean's support, and Sentry's engineers may also be contributing to various projects, potentially appearing in participants' repositories.