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Tobias Skarhed · 12 Apr 2024 · 6 min read

How to monitor your favorite YouTube channels in Grafana

Learn how to set up a Grafana dashboard so you don't miss updates from the YouTubers you love.

Dashboard

Joey Bartolomeo · 5 Apr 2024 · 8 min read

How ComplyAdvantage built a more flexible observability strategy with OpenTelemetry and Grafana...

ComplyAdvantage has used OpenTelemetry and Grafana Cloud to continually advance its observability strategy and make it more flexible.

Observability

Imma Valls · 12 Sep 2025 · 6 min read

Data storytelling at HackUPC 2025: Celebrating 3 student hackathon projects powered by Grafana

Grafana Labs was a proud sponsor of the HackUPC event, where students from around the world built some innovative, Grafana-powered dashboards to track...

Colin Steele · 29 Aug 2025 · 5 min read

Project Bob: The autonomous boat attempting to circle the globe with open source and Grafana

Meet Project Bob, which aims to be the first autonomous boat to circumnavigate the globe, thanks, in part, to Grafana.

IoT

Victoria Nduka · 28 Aug 2025 · 10 min read

How should Prometheus handle OpenTelemetry resource attributes?

Check out the results of a Prometheus mentorship project focused on understanding how Prometheus handles OpenTelemetry resource attributes and how...

Prometheus

Elizabeth Burkly · 26 Aug 2025 · 9 min read

Inside Grafana Labs’ Voice of Customer program: what’s new and what’s next

With our Voice of Customer program, we can tighten the loop between what our users ask for and what we prioritize in R&D. Here’s a look at some recent...

Wilfried Roset · 22 Aug 2025 · 4 min read

Grafana Mimir: 3 reasons to run the TSDB for Prometheus on bare metal

Running Mimir on Kubernetes makes a lot of sense—but it's not the only way. Find out why you may want to run it on virtual machines and/or bare metal...

Colin Steele · 22 Aug 2025 · 5 min read

How to monitor your homelab with Beyla, eBPF, and OpenTelemetry

Learn how Beyla, eBPF, and OpenTelemetry combine to make homelab observability easy with this recap of a recent GrafanaCON 2025 session.

eBPF

Andy Jiang · 15 Aug 2025 · 8 min read

Integrating Deno and Grafana Cloud: How to observe your JavaScript project with zero added code

With Deno and Grafana Cloud, you can achieve deep insights into your JavaScript project without having to manually instrument code or deploy a...

Jay Clifford · 11 Aug 2025 · 11 min read

Learn OpenTelemetry tracing through a grand strategy game: introducing Game of Traces

Game of Traces is a grand strategy game you can play to learn the key concepts of OpenTelemetry tracing — and, of course, heroically defend a few...

Tracing

Wilfried Roset · 8 Aug 2025 · 6 min read

How to use SQL to learn more about your Grafana usage

The database you use to store all your Grafana objects can be a gold mine of information. See how you can use SQL to get more insights and build...

Grafana Labs Team · 6 Aug 2025 · 2 min read

ObservabilityCON on the Road: Registration is now live!

Register today for ObservabilityCON on the Road, a one-day version of our flagship observability event that we’re bringing to a city near you.

ObservabilityCON

Events

Alex Burnett · 25 Jul 2025 · 8 min read

Tracking planes with Grafana in real time: How to visualize the aircraft overhead with your own...

Learn how to build a Grafana dashboard that can show nearby aircraft in real time, powered by data from an ADS-B receiver and ingested into Grafana...

Logging

Grafana Labs Team · 24 Jul 2025 · 4 min read

ObservabilityCON 2025: Registration and agenda are officially live!

It’s time to reserve your spot at ObservabilityCON 2025, our flagship observability event, taking place 7-9 October in London.

ObservabilityCON

Events

Community

Grafana Labs Team · 21 Jul 2025 · 7 min read

OpenTelemetry at Grafana Labs: the latest on how we're investing in the emerging industry standard

Check out the highlights from some of our recent OpenTelemetry discussions, and get an update on what we're doing to increase our engagement in the...