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The Cost Crisis in Metrics Tooling

In my February 2024 piece The Cost Crisis in Observability Tooling, I explained why the cost of tools built atop the three pillars of metrics, logs, and traces—observability 1.0 tooling—is not only soaring at a rate many times higher than your traffic increases, but has also become radically disconnected from the value those tools can deliver. Too often, as costs go up, the value you derive from these tools declines.

Internal vs External APIs - What is the Difference?

APIs are an important part of modern software development, allowing communication between different systems and services. However, not all APIs are the same. Internal APIs and external APIs have different purposes and characteristics that affect their management and security needs. In this article, we will look at the main differences between internal and external APIs, focusing on their definitions, purposes, advantages, and disadvantages.

Explore, Beyla, Asserts, Loki 3.0, AI/ML: ObservabilityCON on the Road Keynote 2024 | Grafana

In this talk, RichiH (Office of the CTO) discusses the latest updates on our announcements from our flagship ObservabilityCON event in London 2023, including Explore Metrics, Explore Logs, Beyla, Asserts, Loki 3.0. Plus, learn how we're leveraging AI/ML to reduce a little bit of that toil in your observability practice. This talk includes a demo of Explore Logs and Asserts.

How to Prioritize Critical Resources with Grafana SLO-driven IRM | ObservabilityCON on the Road 2024

New to Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs)? Or curious how Grafana makes it easy to prioritize critical resources with SLO-driven Incident Response Management? In this recording, Marc and Mimi walk through a demo of Grafana SLO. See for yourself how Grafana SLO keeps your engineers in one location to ease collaboration and workflow automation during an incident response.

How to Unify Your Application and Infrastructure Observability With Grafana and Beyla

In this video, learn how Grafana simplifies observability with our Application Observability solution, streamlining monitoring for distributed systems. See how we leverage OpenTelemetry and Prometheus to minimize mean time to resolution for complex application challenges. With a commitment to open-source protocols, you can empower your team to own their data and navigate system complexities with confidence. Delve into Grafana's architecture to unlock the full potential of observability in your systems.