System Architecture and Design

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. 💡 ...

Presenters Nicolas Takashi Source PromCon EU 2025 Okay, here’s a blog post synthesizing the provided ProAnalytics segment summary, aiming for a compelling and informative read: 🚀 Level Up Your Prometheus Observability with ProAnalytics – Stop Guessing, Start Knowing! 💡 Let’s be honest, managing a complex monitoring system built on Prometheus can feel like navigating a maze. You’re drowning in data – query logs, metrics, traces – but struggling to understand what’s really going on. You’re spending hours troubleshooting, guessing at bottlenecks, and hoping you’re not missing critical issues. That’s where ProAnalytics comes in. 🤖 ...

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: ...