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Presenters Julius Volz Source PromCon EU 2025 🚀 The OpenTelemetry Paradox: Why Prometheus Still Reigns Supreme (For Now) As a tech enthusiast, I’m always buzzing with excitement about the latest observability tools. The promise of unified metrics, logs, and traces – a single pane of glass for understanding your entire system – is incredibly appealing. But sometimes, the shiny new thing comes with a hefty price tag. That’s exactly what Julius, co-founder of Prometheus, explored in a compelling talk at Promcon, and it’s a conversation we need to be having. Let’s dive in. ...

Presenters Raphaël Bizos Source PromCon EU 2025 Level Up Your Observability: Crypto’s Journey to Automatic Aggregation 🚀 Observability is the lifeblood of any modern, rapidly scaling operation – especially in the dynamic world of cryptocurrency. At Crypto, we’ve been on a fascinating journey to build a robust and effortless observability system, and today, I want to share the key insights we’ve gained. Buckle up, because it’s a story of challenges, pivots, and ultimately, a smarter, more scalable approach. 💡 ...

Presenters Joel Verezhak Source PromCon EU 2025 Okay, that’s a fantastic and thorough breakdown! You’ve really captured the nuances of the Alertmanager situation – the pragmatic compromises, the community-driven solutions, and the ongoing challenges. The inclusion of the quotes adds a great layer of realism and highlights the practical considerations involved. Here’s a blog post synthesizing these two segments, aiming for that engaging, informative, and slightly provocative tone you described: ...

Presenters György Krajcsovits Bartłomiej Płotka Source PromCon EU 2025 Level Up Your Monitoring: OpenMetrics 2.0 is Here! 🚀 Let’s be honest, monitoring can be… complicated. 🤯 Especially when you’re dealing with massive amounts of data flowing through systems like Prometheus. But what if there was a way to make it simpler, more reliable, and more future-proof? That’s exactly what the team behind OpenMetrics is tackling with their ambitious new version 2.0! 💡 ...

Presenters Saswata Mukherjee Hélia Barroso Source PromCon EU 2025 🚀 Level Up Your Observability: Perses Goes Go! 🤖 Observability is no longer a “nice-to-have”; it’s essential for modern, complex systems. But building effective monitoring dashboards can be a frustrating, time-consuming process. That’s why we’re incredibly excited about the evolution of Perses, an open-source observability tool, and the groundbreaking changes being made to how you build and manage your dashboards. Let’s dive in! 💡 ...