Scaling DevTools

Charity Majors on AI, Observability, and the Future of Software

May 1, 2026·41 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In the episode Charity Majors, founder and CTO of Honeycomb, talks about what changes when the cost of generating code drops toward zero. She explains why observability becomes the source of truth, why great products still depend on taste, and how fast feedback loops let teams ship faster without breaking everything.We also get into why engineering teams need to speak in terms of business value, and how Charity thinks about writing, credibility, and building a public voice as a technical founder.Links:   •  Honeycomb   •  Charity's blog   •  Observability Engineering book

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