Hacker News with Generative AI: Monitoring

Show HN: Dish: A lightweight HTTP and TCP socket monitoring tool written in Go (github.com/thevxn)
tiny one-shot monitoring service remote configuration of independent 'dish network' (via -source ${REMOTE_JSON_API_URL} flag) fast concurrent testing, low overall execution time, 10-sec timeout per socket by default 0 dependencies
Networking, Tools, Monitoring
39 points by tackx 6 days ago | 1 comments
JEP Draft: JFR Method Timing and Tracing (openjdk.org)
Extend JDK Flight Recorder (JFR) to support bytecode-based method timing and tracing for quick and easy use.
Java, Performance, Debugging, Monitoring, OpenJDK
7 points by mfiguiere 9 days ago | 0 comments
Gravity CI (gravity.ci)
Gravity monitors build artifact sizes to prevent accidental increases – right in your CI pipeline.
CI/CD, Software Development, DevOps, Build Tools, Monitoring
11 points by marcoow 15 days ago | 3 comments
Some notes on Grafana Loki's new "structured metadata" (utoronto.ca)
Grafana Loki somewhat bills itself as "Prometheus for logs", and so it's unsurprising that it started with a data model much like Prometheus.
Monitoring, Grafana, Logging, Prometheus
117 points by valyala 18 days ago | 44 comments
WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your monitoring and fan control apps as threat (theverge.com)
On Tuesday morning, some PC gamers woke up to discover their computers were seemingly under threat.
Windows, Security, Gaming, Software, Monitoring
6 points by zdw 19 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: Pulse – Maintain healthy OpenSearch and Elasticsearch clusters (pulse.support)
Pulse puts you in control of your search cluster monitoring and maintenance. Get more clarity, better performance, and lower costs
Open Source, Elasticsearch, Monitoring, Performance Optimization
19 points by zevir 42 days ago | 12 comments
Show HN: Subtrace – Wireshark for Docker Containers (github.com/subtrace)
Subtrace is Chrome DevTools for your backend. It tracks the API requests coming in and going out of your servers so that you can solve problems in production quickly.
Docker, Debugging, Monitoring, Development Tools
369 points by adtac 43 days ago | 73 comments
Ask HN: What do you run instead of Datadog? (ycombinator.com)
Datadog has turned into an ever loving piece of shit. I am sick of their sales team grabbing us by the ankles and "Accidentally" charging for services we don't use. Now, this morning they changed something with their AWS integration that is causing 10X the API calls against our accounts (and thus, 10X guardduty costs on our end analyzing those API requests).
Software, Monitoring, Cloud Computing, SaaS, Alternatives
13 points by theorlandog 50 days ago | 21 comments
Grafana: Why observability needs FinOps, and vice versa (grafana.com)
Observability tools have changed the way we monitor infrastructure and applications, as teams get complete visibility into performance across complex, multi-cloud environments.
Observability, FinOps, Infrastructure, Monitoring, Cloud
62 points by StratusBen 55 days ago | 43 comments
Datadog Dollars: Why Your Monitoring Bill Is Breaking the Bank (oneuptime.com)
Have you ever opened your monitoring bill and felt your heart skip a beat? You're not alone. In the world of digital infrastructure, many companies are experiencing sticker shock when they see their Datadog invoices. Let's unpack why your monitoring bill might be breaking the bank and explore how you can rein it back in.
Monitoring, Costs, Datadog, Cloud Infrastructure, SaaS
4 points by ndhandala 58 days ago | 1 comments
How to monitor and debug Terraform (Terragrunt/OpenTofu) using OpenTelemetry (dash0.com)
This blog post provides a comprehensive guide on monitoring and debugging Terragrunt, Terraform/OpenTofu using OpenTelemetry.
Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Debugging, Monitoring
10 points by marbir1981 58 days ago | 1 comments
Perforator – cluster-wide continuous profiling tool for large data centers (github.com/yandex)
Perforator is a production-ready, open-source Continuous Profiling app that can collect CPU profiles from your production without affecting its performance, made by Yandex and inspired by Google-Wide Profiling.
Open Source, Monitoring, Profiling, Data Centers, Performance
26 points by simonpure 61 days ago | 1 comments
Top OpenTelemetry Collector Components (dash0.com)
Understanding and managing the performance of your applications can be a significant challenge – but it doesn’t have to be. This is where OpenTelemetry comes in, offering a powerful framework for collecting and exporting telemetry data (traces, metrics, and logs) from your applications.
OpenTelemetry, Monitoring, Observability, Performance, Software
11 points by de107549 66 days ago | 0 comments
Kubestatus: Open source tool to easily add status page to your K8s cluster (github.com/soub4i)
Kubestatus is an free and open-source tool to easily add status page to your Kubernetes cluster that currently display the status (operational, degraded or DOWN) of services.It is written in Go and uses the Kubernetes API to fetch information about the clusters and resources checck the kubestatus-operand image.
Kubernetes, Open Source, Monitoring, DevOps, Tools
10 points by soubai 68 days ago | 3 comments
Slum: The Shadow Library Uptime Monitor (open-slum.org)
Software, Open Source, Libraries, Monitoring
107 points by rand0mx1 80 days ago | 6 comments
Datadog acquires Quickwit (datadoghq.com)
To help our customers meet these requirements without sacrificing visibility or introducing multiple logging tools, we are pleased to announce that Quickwit—a popular open source distributed search engine—is joining Datadog.
Acquisitions, Open Source, Search Engines, Monitoring, Software
17 points by louis-paul 83 days ago | 2 comments
Kubernetes horizontal pod autoscaling powered by an OpenTelemetry-native tool (dash0.com)
This blog post shows how to use Dash0 as the source of truth to automatically scale applications running on Kubernetes.
Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Monitoring
33 points by mmanciop 85 days ago | 6 comments
37signals Dev – Monitoring 10 Petabytes of Data in Pure Storage (37signals.com)
How we use Prometheus to have metrics and alerts for Pure Storage.
Monitoring, Data Storage, Cloud Infrastructure, Prometheus
15 points by doppp 89 days ago | 0 comments
Using AZs can eat up your budget – From Prometheus to VictoriaMetrics (prezi.com)
By 2024, Prezi’s monitoring system, built around Prometheus, was becoming outdated. It was already 5+ years old, running on a deprecated internal platform and accumulating a significant amount of costs every month.
Monitoring, Cost Optimization, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Prometheus
71 points by shscs911 98 days ago | 58 comments
Reads Causing Writes in Postgres (jesipow.com)
It is good practice to regularly inspect the statements running in the hot path of your Postgres instance. One way to do this is to examine the pg_stat_statements view, which shows various statistics about the SQL statements executed by the Postgres server.
Database, Postgres, Performance Optimization, Monitoring, SQL
224 points by thunderbong 102 days ago | 28 comments
Monitoring Bluesky firehose to quickly detect spam accounts as they spawn (bsky.app)
Social Media, Spam, Monitoring, AI
17 points by donohoe 117 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Product to improve monitoring and documentation: a good idea? (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN,<p>I have an idea for a product, but I want to test the waters before building anything.
Startups, Product Development, Software, Monitoring, Documentation
4 points by d--b 120 days ago | 5 comments
Prometheus 3.0 (prometheus.io)
Following the recent release of Prometheus 3.0 beta at PromCon in Berlin, the Prometheus Team is excited to announce the immediate availability of Prometheus Version 3.0!
New Releases, Monitoring, Software, Open Source
206 points by dmazin 124 days ago | 42 comments
The Enshittification of Netdata (djsumdog.com)
Open Source, Software, Cloud Computing, Monitoring
8 points by airhangerf15 127 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Light self-hosted logs/metrics/traces dashboard? (ycombinator.com)
I’m aware of enterprise scale observability tools like ELK stack and datadog.
Self-Hosted Tools, Monitoring, Logging, Metrics
20 points by z33k 139 days ago | 9 comments
Mongoose IM 6.3.0 – Erlang Solutions robust, scalable and efficient XMPP server (erlang-solutions.com)
MongooseIM is a scalable, efficient, high-performance instant messaging server using the proven, open, and extensible XMPP protocol. With each new version, we introduce new features and improvements. For example, version 6.2.0 introduced our new CETS in-memory storage, making setup and autoscaling in cloud environments easier than before (see the blog post for details). The latest release 6.3.0 is no exception. The main highlight is the complete instrumentation rework, allowing seamless integration with modern monitoring solutions like Prometheus.
Instant Messaging, Erlang, XMPP, Open Source, Monitoring
7 points by neustradamus 139 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Open-source Kibana alternative for logs and traces in ClickHouse (github.com/hyperdxio)
HyperDX helps engineers quickly figure out why production is broken by making it easy to search & visualize logs and traces on top of any Clickhouse cluster (imagine Kibana, for Clickhouse).
Open Source, ClickHouse, Data Visualization, Logging, Monitoring
125 points by mikeshi42 141 days ago | 40 comments
Monitor WiFi with Raspberry Pi (netbeez.net)
Since our company’s inception, we have recognized the immense potential of the Raspberry Pi as a cost-effective and versatile platform for distributed network monitoring.
Raspberry Pi, Networking, Monitoring, DIY Projects
5 points by sgridelli 142 days ago | 0 comments
Netdata 2.0 Released (github.com/netdata)
Netdata 2.0 has arrived!
New Releases, Software, Monitoring, Open Source
7 points by sunshine-o 145 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Hosting on Digital Ocean, any advice for monitoring and deployments? (ycombinator.com)
I'm moving over from Lambda to Digital Ocean since I found it much easier to test locally and iterate.
Digital Ocean, Cloud Hosting, Deployment, Monitoring, Software Development
19 points by hershyb_ 147 days ago | 11 comments