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Stories, guides, and lessons from the world of observability

Challenges with Running Prometheus at Scale

Challenges with Running Prometheus at Scale

Understanding limitations and challenges scaling Prometheus in modern cloud-native environments. Here we delve into long-term retention, downsampling, high availability, and other challenges.

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Last9

Last9

Prometheus vs. ELK

Prometheus vs. ELK

Comparison and differences between Prometheus and ELK

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Last9

Last9

What is Thanos and How Does it Scale Prometheus?

What is Thanos and How Does it Scale Prometheus?

A guide on what is Thanos and how it can be used with Prometheus

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Last9

Last9

Golang Concurrency Masterclass by Swati Modi at Gophercon 2023

Golang Concurrency Masterclass by Swati Modi at Gophercon 2023

Talk on Golang Concurrency Masterclass by Swati Modi at Gophercon 2023

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Last9

Last9

OpenTelemetry vs. OpenTracing

OpenTelemetry vs OpenTracing: What's the Difference?

Discover the key differences between OpenTelemetry and OpenTracing, and how they impact observability and tracing in modern applications.

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Prathamesh Sonpatki

Prathamesh Sonpatki

Do more with your metrics by Piyush Verma at GopherConIndia 2022

Do more with your metrics by Piyush Verma

Piyush Verma's talk at GopherCon India 2022 on Do More with Your Metrics with Last9

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Last9

Last9

Unwiring High Cardinality - SRE Day 2023

Unwiring High Cardinality - SRE Day 2023

Report from SRE Day 2023, where Piyush Verma - CTO Last9, gave a talk on Unwiring High Cardinality

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Last9

Last9

How to restart Kubernetes Pods with kubectl

How to restart Kubernetes Pods with kubectl

A simple reckoner on how to restart a Kubernetes pod with kubectl

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Anjali Udasi

Anjali Udasi

Repaying your tech debt during the tech arctic winter

This arctic winter — time to repay your tech debt

We're in a peak tech winter. What should engineering teams focus on when product velocity dwindles?

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Ajey Gore

Ajey Gore