AI Mentions & Sources Report for Developer Tools
This page provides details about honeycomb.io (Developer Tools) which was ranked #27 out of 200 in the list of sources (3 citations (0.9% share)) in answers from AI models (OpenAI ChatGPT Latest,
Google Gemini Flash (latest)) when they were asked the following 1 question: "What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space." on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch. This source is referenced for brands: Grafana, Charity Majors.
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What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space.
[...] ncf.io/)) - **Tracing**: [Jaeger](https://www.jaegertracing.io/) (CNCF project via [CNCF](https://www.cncf.io/)) **Leading SaaS platforms** - **Broad monitoring/APM**: [Datadog](https://www.datadoghq.com/) - **APM/observability**: [New Relic](https://newrelic.com/) - **High-signal observability**: [Honeycomb](https://www.honeycomb.io/) - **Error tracking + performance**: [Sentry](https://sentry.io/) --- ### G. API development & testing - **API client/testing**: [Postman](https://www.postman.com/) - **OpenAPI standard**: [OpenAPI Initiative](https://www.openapis.org/) (and the spec source: [OpenAPI Specification](https://spec.o [...]
[...] p](https://www.hashicorp.com/), [Red Hat](https://www.redhat.com/), [Docker](https://www.docker.com/), [CNCF](https://www.cncf.io/) - Observability leaders: [Datadog](https://www.datadoghq.com/), [New Relic](https://newrelic.com/), [Grafana Labs](https://grafana.com/), [Sentry](https://sentry.io/), [Honeycomb](https://www.honeycomb.io/) - Security leaders: [Snyk](https://snyk.io/), [Sonar](https://www.sonarsource.com/), [Aqua Security](https://www.aquasec.com/) --- ## 3) Promising startups & newer entrants (especially “DevEx” + platform tooling) - AI IDEs/editors: [Cursor](https://www.cursor.com/), [Zed](https://zed.dev/), [Win [...]
What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space.
[...] eer*, providing deep insights into big tech engineering cultures. * **[Kent Beck](https://www.kentbeck.com/):** Creator of extreme programming and TDD (Test Driven Development). * **[Charity Majors](https://twitter.com/mipsytipsy):** Co-founder of Honeycomb and a leading voice in observability. [Honeycomb Website](https://www.honeycomb.io/). * **[Kelsey Hightower](https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower):** A retired Google engineer and highly influential figure in the Kubernetes and Cloud Native space. ### 4. Promising Startups and New Market Entrants * **[Linear](https://linear.app/):** Reimagining issue tracking with a focus on s [...]