'It works on my machine', 'We can't test that in staging', 'It seems to have been broken for a while'... If these phrases sound painfully familiar, this talk is for you.
As VP of Engineering at both WP Media (WP Rocket) and RankMath, I've transformed how our teams handle technical challenges. I'll show you how modern observability turns reactive firefighting into proactive problem-solving, drawing from our experience maintaining some of WordPress's most popular plugins.
You'll discover:
How to implement error monitoring platforms like Sentry to catch issues before users do
Using Metabase for data-driven insights to proactively observe and understand issues
Visual regression testing with BackstopJS to prevent UI breaks
Building and automating an evolving knowledge base that scales with your user growth
Real-world examples of how these tools helped our teams manage daily deployments effectively
Whether you're a plugin/theme developer or managing WordPress sites at scale, you'll learn practical approaches to spend more time building features instead of fixing bugs.