August 21, 2023
Ghost Parameters
↯ One big idea to spark your curiosity
The costs associated with ghost parameters can be twofold. First, there’s the direct financial cost. Many management tools charge per parameter stored. This means that every ghost parameter – a feature flag, secret, or environment variable that’s no longer used in your code but still exists in your configuration files – is incurring a cost. Over time, and across many parameters, these costs can add up significantly.
Second, there’s the cost in terms of complexity and potential errors. Each unused or obsolete parameter adds to the clutter in your configuration files, making it harder to understand and manage the configurations that are actually relevant. This increased complexity can slow down development, make troubleshooting more difficult, and increase the risk of errors.
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Funding
↯ Developer-friendly companies that announced new funding rounds
Configu, open source software for streamlining, testing, and automating application configurations across environments, raised $3m in Seed funding.
Marqo, a vector database that includes vector generation, storage, and retrieval out of the box through a single API, raised $4.4m in Seed funding.
Linera, a decentralized infrastructure optimized for Web3 applications that process time-sensitive transactions created by a large number of active users in parallel, raised $6m in Seed funding.
Grit, a developer tool for simplifying software maintenance and fixing technical debt automatically, raised $7m in Seed funding.
Highlight, an open source full-stack monitoring platform that includes session replay, error monitoring, and logging, raised $8m in Seed funding.
DynamoFL, a solution for enterprise AI focused on privacy and compliance, including an LLM development platform that helps developers train models on mobile and edge devices, raised $15.1m in Series A funding.
ProjectDiscovery, a cybersecurity platform that helps remediate exploitable vulnerabilities across companies' external attack surface, raised $25m in Series A funding.