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How Prometheus 3.0 Fixes Resource Attributes for OTel Metrics

New in OTel: How Prometheus 3.0 Fixes Resource Attributes for OTel Metrics

Prometheus 3.0 supports resource attribute promotion for OpenTelemetry metrics, enabling direct labeling without `target_info` joins.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
How sum_over_time Works in Prometheus

How sum_over_time Works in Prometheus

Understand how sum_over_time() aggregates metrics in Prometheus, handles gaps, and why step size and staleness can affect accuracy.

Faiz Shaikh
Faiz Shaikh
Use Telegraf Without the Prometheus Complexity

Use Telegraf Without the Prometheus Complexity

Collect metrics with Telegraf without running Prometheus. No scraping, no TSDB tuning, just clean, push-based telemetry to your backend.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
Ship Confluent Cloud Observability in Minutes

Ship Confluent Cloud Observability in Minutes

Push metrics into Last9 and start tracking Kafka lag, retries, and throughput in real-time.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
How to Set Up Real User Monitoring

How to Set Up Real User Monitoring

Set up Real User Monitoring (RUM) with safe defaults, proper sampling, and consent handling,without breaking your production code.

Anjali Udasi
Anjali Udasi
Monitor Nginx with OpenTelemetry Tracing

Monitor Nginx with OpenTelemetry Tracing

Instrument NGINX with OpenTelemetry to capture traces, track latency, and connect upstream and downstream services in a single request flow.

Prathamesh Sonpatki
Prathamesh Sonpatki
Set Up ClickHouse with Docker Compose

Set Up ClickHouse with Docker Compose

Spin up a full ClickHouse stack with Docker Compose, includes clustering, ZooKeeper, monitoring, and performance tuning tips.

Preeti Dewani
Preeti Dewani
Stream AWS Metrics to Grafana with Last9 in 10 minutes

Stream AWS Metrics to Grafana with Last9 in 10 minutes

Visualize AWS metrics like Lambda, API Gateway, and RDS in Grafana using Last9. No agents, no code, set it up in under 10 minutes.

Faiz Shaikh
Faiz Shaikh
Trace Go Apps Using Runtime Tracing and OpenTelemetry

Trace Go Apps Using Runtime Tracing and OpenTelemetry

Instrument Go apps with runtime tracing and OpenTelemetry to spot goroutine issues, lock contention, and performance bottlenecks early.

Preeti Dewani
Preeti Dewani