Metrics
Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler Tuning: Advanced Scaling Strategies for Production
14 min readThe Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) automatically scales workloads based on observed metrics. Effective HPA tuning requires understanding scaling algorithms, metric collection, and …
Developer Experience Metrics: Measuring and Improving Platform Effectiveness
9 min readMeasuring developer experience (DX) is essential for platform teams to understand their impact and drive continuous improvement. This guide explores comprehensive metrics …
Custom Metrics with Prometheus Exporters: Building Production-Ready Exporters for Enterprise Systems
3 min readWhile Prometheus provides hundreds of community exporters, enterprises often need custom exporters for proprietary systems, legacy applications, or specialized monitoring …
Advanced Monitoring and Observability with Prometheus and Grafana: Enterprise Production Framework 2026
7 min readAdvanced monitoring and observability form the foundation of reliable enterprise systems, requiring sophisticated metrics collection, intelligent alerting, and comprehensive …
How to Monitor External Services with Prometheus from Kubernetes
4 min readMonitoring external systems—like bare-metal servers, APIs, or other cloud services—from within Kubernetes can help unify your observability pipeline. With Prometheus Operator, you …
Monitoring is a Pain (and We're All Doing it Wrong)
3 min readAnd we’re all doing it wrong (including me). Monitoring is supposed to make life easier for developers and operators, but it often does the opposite. Despite our best intentions, …