The latest features and updates from Roadie.
OpenSearch for all
The OpenSearch rollout began last month and has not reached general availability.
If you missed it last month that means:
- Casing is better handled: camelCase, kebab-case and snake_case are factored in, so the user doesn’t need to know which was used when they’re searching
- Partial search terms and descriptions are better handled: for example, skipping some-word in camel-some-word-case and just typing camel case will be returned as a result.
- Word fragments allow for partial word matches. We’re currently using 4-7 chars for the ngrams, so fragments of words should be well matched
But that's not the only thing happening with search...
Unified Search enters [beta]
We've also tweaked the UI to create a new search UI that captures more information and provides a generally slicker interaction with search.
The new UI allows you to:
- Use keyboard shortcuts (Cmd-K from anywhere in the app to bring it up)
- Navigate as well as search (try searching for “Catalog”) for example.
- Do things a little faster than before (performance is improved)
Unified search not only enables greater discoverability within Roadie, but is also our first step in enabling RAG AI-enhanced searching of the Catalog and Tech Docs. In fact, it'll be the entry point for a few different AI features we're dreaming up.
We're already seeing search volume and click-through to an entity that then doesn't result in a new search (i.e. "Yay, I found what I was looking for") go up as result.
More on that over the next couple of months as our AI journey continues...
Supporting both GitHub.com & GitHub Enterprise Server
As our customers grow, so do the number of different SCMs deployed in any given organisation.
For a while we've dealt with the GitHub Cloud <> BitBucket combo.
Now we can handle the GitHub.com <> GHES combo too. Aside from setting up both SCMs there's nothing additional you'll need to do - it's all handled by a new GitHub switcher.
Nice.
Roadie Local [beta] begins
Roadie Local, the locally runnable version of Roadie you can deploy on your infrastructure, has entered beta.
We weren't expecting a long beta but who knows when you get into the weird and wacky world of on-prem deployment. More to come here I'm sure...
Rootly Plugin
The Rootly plugin recently released v1.0.0 of their plugin, which we've dutifully upgraded. It comes with a lot of new fun stuff, including the ability to:
- View and search a list of entities
- View and search a list of services
- View and search a list of functionalities
- View and search a list of teams
- View and search a list of incidents
Rootly <> Roadie customers: enjoy. https://roadie.io/docs/integrations/rootly/
Terraform Plugin
We also introduced the Terraform plugins to help Terraform Cloud users manage their infrastructure.
Docs on it can be found here: https://roadie.io/docs/integrations/terraform/
Upgrade to v1.39
Last but not least, Roadie is now on Backstage version 1.39.
Full change notes for that update can be found here: https://backstage.io/docs/releases/v1.39.0/
