Lightrun

Lightrun is a developer observability platform that offers real-time insights into running applications without requiring code changes, redeploys or restarts. The platform lets developers instrument logs, metrics and traces directly from their Integrated Development Environment (IDE) so they can debug and troubleshoot running apps.

Lightrun is geared for developers using cloud-native, microservices, Kubernetes, serverless and CI environments. It's got features for different use cases:

• Live debugging in production: Capture context without pausing execution.
• Troubleshoot cloud-native applications: See what's happening across replicas, regions or clouds.
• Troubleshoot broken CI: Re-run jobs to diagnose problems without redeployment.
• Understand code flow and code behavior: See where users are going through the app.
• Validate progressive delivery and feature flags: Follow complex, conditional paths.

Lightrun speeds up development by:

• Lowering mean time to resolve (MTTR): Up to 60%.
• Lowering logging costs: Up to 40%.
• Increasing developer productivity: Up to 5x.
• Lowering time to market: By speeding up the debugging process.

Developers and engineering managers can use Lightrun to:

• Increase developer productivity: Up to 20%.
• Optimize cloud logging costs: Up to 31%.
• Improve continuous quality: With faster release velocity.
• Lower MTTR: Up to 35%.
• Collaborate more easily: With better visibility into application logic.

Lightrun is designed with security and privacy in mind, with compliance with ISO-27001, SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA standards. It also includes enterprise controls like encryption, authentication, role-based access control (RBAC), single sign-on (SSO), audit trail and privacy blocklisting.

Lightrun integrates with a variety of languages and IDEs, including VSCode and JetBrains, as well as cloud platforms. It's designed to have a small footprint and quick setup time so it doesn't disrupt operations.

Overall, Lightrun offers a powerful developer observability tool for those who want to improve their application development and debugging while maintaining security and efficiency.

Published on August 9, 2024