observability Archives

Continuous Profiling with Grafana Pyroscope on Kubernetes: Find CPU and Memory Bottlenecks in Production

May 22, 2026

Grafana Pyroscope brings continuous profiling to Kubernetes, letting you capture CPU and memory flame graphs from production apps around the clock. This guide walks through deploying Pyroscope via Helm, scraping Go apps in pull mode, instrumenting Python with the SDK, and reading flame graphs to find real bottlenecks — no guesswork required.

Self-Hosting Langfuse: A Hands-On Guide to LLM Observability

May 22, 2026

Ditch the guesswork in AI development. This production-tested guide shows you how to self-host Langfuse for full LLM observability, tracking everything from RAG latency to token costs.

DevOps

Vector in Production: How We Slashed Logging Overhead by 90%

May 13, 2026

Logstash was costing us thousands in RAM. We switched to Vector and never looked back. A technical deep-dive into high-performance logging with Rust.

Networking

Linux Network Performance Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana: A to Z Guide

April 28, 2026

Learn how to monitor Linux network performance using Prometheus, node_exporter, and Grafana. This guide covers installation, key PromQL queries for TCP retransmits and packet drops, Grafana dashboard setup, and production alerting rules — based on real-world experience tracking down silent network saturation issues.

DevOps

Comprehensive Observability in DevOps: A Guide to OpenTelemetry

March 25, 2026

This guide demonstrates how to implement comprehensive observability in DevOps using OpenTelemetry. Learn to unify traces, metrics, and logs for faster incident response and a deeper understanding of your distributed systems, complete with practical code examples.

DevOps

Optimizing Microservices Management on Kubernetes with Istio Service Mesh: A 6-Month Production Review

March 22, 2026

Six months of running Istio Service Mesh in production showed us its true value for managing Kubernetes microservices. This tutorial walks you through installation, configuring traffic, bolstering security, and using powerful monitoring tools to truly understand your applications.

DevOps

Prometheus + Grafana System Monitoring: A 6-Month Production Review

March 6, 2026

After six months running Prometheus and Grafana in production, here's an honest review of the stack — what works, where it struggles, and a complete setup guide to get you from zero to monitoring in under an hour.