Beyond TSDB: Unlocking Prometheus with Parquet for Modern Sc... J. Vazquez, A. Protasio, M. Hoffmann

Presenters Jesus Vazquez Alan Protasio Michael Hoffmann Source PromCon EU 2025 🚀 Level Up Your Prometheus: Introducing Parquet – The Future of Time-Series Data 🚀 Hey everyone! If you’re like me, you’ve probably wrestled with the growing pains of managing massive Prometheus deployments. Scaling Prometheus, Cortex, Mimir, and Thanos can feel like an uphill battle, especially when those query path bottlenecks start to slow you down. But what if I told you there’s a game-changing solution on the horizon? Let’s dive into Parquet, a collaborative project designed to revolutionize how we handle long-term Prometheus data. ...

December 19, 2025 · 4 min

Engage Prometheus in Rust Ecosystem - Ruihang Xia

Presenters Ruihang Xia Source PromCon EU 2025 Rust is Rising: How a New Language is Reinventing Prometheus 🚀 Monitoring your systems has become increasingly complex. We’re drowning in data, struggling to extract meaningful insights, and often relying on clunky, inflexible tools. But what if there was a better way? Today, we’re diving into a fascinating project that’s poised to revolutionize the Prometheus ecosystem – and it’s all thanks to Rust. 💡 ...

December 19, 2025 · 5 min

From Manual to Managed: Prometheus Agent Deployment at Scale - Mihail Mihaylov

Presenters Mihail Mihaylov Source PromCon EU 2025 🚀 Scaling Observability: How MariaDB Conquered the Prometheus Deployment Challenge 🤖 Let’s be honest, setting up monitoring – especially something as powerful as Prometheus – can feel like wrestling an octopus. 🐙 It’s complex, it’s demanding, and it’s definitely not something you want to be doing manually at scale. That’s exactly the problem MariaDB, a leading observability platform, faced, and the brilliant solution they developed is a fantastic case study for anyone tackling similar challenges. 💡 ...

December 19, 2025 · 4 min

Why I Recommend Native Prometheus Instrumentation over OpenTelemetry - Julius Volz

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. ...

December 19, 2025 · 4 min

A History of Automatic Aggregations - Raphaël Bizos

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. 💡 ...

December 19, 2025 · 4 min