Grafana's Big Tent

Jan 09 2025 21 ep. 53 mins 94
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A Grafana Labs' show all about the people, community, tools, and tech around Observability.

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Making 3D Printing Observable with Prusa Research

Jan 09 2025 45 mins  
In the season two finale, hosts Tom Wilkie and Mat Ryer are joined by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann, Director of Community at Grafana Labs, and Pavel Strobl of Prusa Research to explore the intersection of 3D printing and observability. Prusa Research not only produces 3D printers that both Tom and Richi use to create everything from wind tunnels to miniature Grots, but the company als

The Past, Present, and Future of OpenTelemetry

Dec 19 2024 64 mins  
Two members of the OpenTelemetry governing board, Daniel Gomez Blanco and Juraci Paixão Kröhling, join Mat and Matt to dive deep into the evolution of OTel from its early days (including the story of how OTel got its name) to its current state and future roadmap.

Kubernetes, Kepler, and Carbon Footprints: The Latest Tools and Strategies to Optimize Observability

Dec 05 2024 66 mins  
Hosted by Tom Wilkie, this week's episode features Thomas Dullien, former Co-Founder and CEO of Optimyze; Bryan Boreham, Grafana Labs' distinguished engineer; and Senior Software Engineer at Grafana Labs and member of the CNCF Environmental Sustainability TAG Niki Manoledaki. Together, they delve into the complex world of cloud resource management and sustainability and explore the

Inside Grafana 11 with Founder Torkel Ödegaard

Nov 14 2024 49 mins  
Join hosts Tom Wilkie and Mat Ryer along with Torkel Ödegaard, the creator of Grafana, and Mitch Seaman, Senior Product Director for Grafana, as they dive into the making of Grafana 11 and explore how the observability platform is evolving to meet the needs of both novice and expert users. From how hackathon projects are transformed into major features like Explore Metrics and Log

How eBPF Makes Observability Awesome

Oct 31 2024 61 mins  
Hosts Tom Wilkie and Matt Toback sit down with guests Liz Rice from Isovalent and Mario Macías from Grafana Labs to explore how eBPF is revolutionizing observability, networking, and security in modern infrastructure. They cover what eBPF is (hint: it's no longer just about packet filtering!), the performance advantages of eBPF-based instrumentation compared to traditional methods

Monitoring Kubernetes: Why traditional techniques aren't enough

Oct 17 2024 68 mins  
In this episode of Grafana's Big Tent, hosts Mat Ryer and Tom Wilkie dive into the world of monitoring Kubernetes with guests Vasil Kaftandzhiev from Grafana Labs and Dio Tsoumas who leads the DevOps team at the consumer research company GWI. They explore why traditional monitoring techniques aren't enough for Kubernetes environments and discuss the evolving landscape of observabil

Adapting to the Metrics Cardinality Crisis

Oct 03 2024 55 mins  
Join host Mat Ryer as he explores the world of Adaptive Metrics with Grafana Labs engineers Patrick Oyarzun and Mauro Stettler, alongside guest Oren Lion from TeleTracking. What started as a hackathon project has evolved into a game-changing feature that helps organizations manage their metrics more efficiently and cost-effectively. They discuss the challenge of metric cardinality

Observability to Controllability: Lessons in DDoS Mitigation with Cloudflare

Sep 19 2024 55 mins  
In this episode of Grafana's Big Tent, host Matt Toback explores the world of DDoS protection and observability with guests Alex Forster, Engineering Manager at CloudFlare, and Dee Kitchen, VP of Engineering at Grafana Labs. They discuss the challenges of detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks, the importance of automation in maintaining high availability, and the intricate balance

The (No) Blame Game: A Sustainable Approach to Incident Management

Sep 06 2024 62 mins  
In this episode, hosts Tom Wilkie and Mat Ryer are teaming up with Grafana Labs’ Devin Cheevers and Prezi’s Alex Koehler to tackle the world of on-call responsibilities and incident management. Alex digs into Prezi's tech stack and provides a real-world look at observability practices and the lessons learned from managing a complex microservices architecture. Tune in to hear be

Cache Rules Everything Around Me

Aug 22 2024 67 mins  
To kick off season two of Grafana's Big Tent podcast, our host Mat Ryer is back and he's bringing along some heavy hitters! Get ready for a deep dive into the world of caching with Memcached maintainer Alan Kasindorf (aka dormando), along with caching aficionados Danny Kopping and Ed Welch. They’ll discuss CPU-level to application-level caching and share strategies that superchar