Open source at Grafana Labs: 2024 year in review
2024 was a big year for open source software and the OSS community here at Grafana Labs. Here are some of the highlights.
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The loser tree data structure: How to optimize merges and make your programs run faster
At GopherCon 2023, Grafana Labs distinguished engineer Bryan Boreham explored how to optimize applications using the loser tree data structure.
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How to validate Sigma rules with GitHub Actions for improved security monitoring
With a new GitHub Action developed by the Grafana Labs Security Operations team, you can automate the validation of Sigma rules and enhance your...
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The engineering on-call experience: misconceptions, lessons learned, and how to prepare
About to embark on your first on-call shift? Here’s what to know — and what might surprise you — according to two Grafana Labs senior software...
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An OpenTelemetry backend in a Docker image: Introducing grafana/otel-lgtm
The grafana/otel-lgtm image is a great way to get started with open source monitoring with OpenTelemetry, as well as streamline integration testing.
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How to use PGO and Grafana Pyroscope to optimize Go applications
Profile-guided optimization (PGO) is a powerful tool to boost application performance. With continuous profiling, you can magnify those performance...
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Grafana 10.4 release: Grafana Alerting improvements, visualization updates, new plugin, and more
The Grafana 10.4 release includes visualization updates, a new plugin, and a preview of functionality we intend to make generally available in Grafana...
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How to perform multi-step API calls with Grafana
In this step-by-step post, learn how to use the Infinity data source plugin for Grafana and Synthetic Monitoring to perform a multi-step API request.
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Grafana Labs Hackathon projects: Where are they now?
At Grafana Labs, Hackathons are a core part of our culture — but these events, and the projects that emerge from them, also heavily influence our...
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How the open source Caddy server uses Grafana Cloud for full-stack observability
With a sponsored Grafana Cloud Pro account, the OSS project maintainers for Caddy server accelerated root cause analysis, reduced MTTR, and more.
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New in Grafana k6: The latest OSS features in v0.49.0 and static IPs in Grafana Cloud k6
Grafana k6 v0.49.0 is here, featuring a built-in web dashboard for real-time result visualization and tons of other improvements.
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Combining tracing and profiling for enhanced observability: Introducing Span Profiles
Span Profiles, a new feature in Grafana Cloud and Grafana OSS, enables deeper analysis of both tracing and profiling data for a more granular view of...
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Infinity plugin for Grafana: Grafana Labs will now maintain the versatile data source plugin
It’s an exciting new chapter for the Infinity data source plugin, which lets you seamlessly visualize data from JSON, CSV, XML, and GraphQL endpoints...
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OpenTelemetry and Grafana Labs: What’s new and what’s next
The OpenTelemetry project hit a number of milestones last year — and that momentum will continue throughout 2024.
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How to monitor a MySQL NDB cluster with Grafana
In this step-by-step post, learn how to use Grafana to monitor a MySQL NDB cluster and improve reliability.
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