alexgrover

In addition to the other comments, their APM platform is built specifically for graphql so it includes things like query performance on the field level. Existing tools don’t always play nicely since a graphql server is usually just one endpoint and doesn’t use normal status codes.

They also provide libraries for both the client and server so they can tell you what versions of your client are using specific data.

In my experience working with a well-known consultancy that uses strict XP, agile, TDD, the whole 9 yards - this isn’t the case at all.

They talk about a triangle of (scope, quality, cost) where you can only pick 2. As a business you can choose what trade off you want to make, but no one’s promising that you can have a rocket ship by next week with 2 engineers if you just organize your tickets correctly.

Starting to? The Python ecosystem has been pretty behind other languages for more like 10 years now. I'm still forced to use it for work but it's becoming more and more likely that "no python" will be a hard requirement for my next job search...

What tools do you find irreplaceable?