In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we spoke with Shahar Fogel, CEO of Rookout.
Quick background. Rookout is a modern debugging solution that provides an unparalleled ability to collect any piece of data, from the deepest levels of live code, on-demand. This empowers engineers to find the data they need instantly and deliver it anywhere, in order to understand and advance their software. With Rookout, software teams save hours of work and reduce debugging and logging time by 80% – with zero friction, overhead, or risk.
Watch this video interview to learn more as Fogel provides more detail about the company and offers a few specifics about what makes Rookout unique. The company also just announced the ability to debug 3rd party code, and Fogel goes into more detail about this latest feature. Watch this interview and learn more about resilience, shift-left, and understandability. Fogel also provides viewers with a prediction of his own for 2021.
Find out more about Rookout at their website: https://www.rookout.com

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