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13 articles tagged Prometheus, newest first.
7 Best Checkmk Alternatives in 2026 (Compared)
Checkmk alternatives compared for 2026: Zabbix for flexibility, Prometheus for Kubernetes, LibreNMS for pure network monitoring, and more — which one fits when Checkmk doesn't.
LibreNMS vs Prometheus in 2026: Network Monitoring vs Cloud-Native Metrics
LibreNMS vs Prometheus compared: auto-discovery vs manual exporter setup, SNMP-native network monitoring vs Kubernetes-native metrics, and which one to pick for each job.
Prometheus vs Zabbix in 2026: Which Monitoring Tool Should You Pick?
Prometheus vs Zabbix compared for 2026: pull vs push architecture, Kubernetes fit, alerting, and which one actually matches your infrastructure — cloud-native or traditional.
The State of Homelab Monitoring in 2026: What People Are Actually Choosing
What homelabbers and small IT teams are actually searching for, comparing, and adopting in 2026 — based on real search demand, not vendor marketing.
The Observability Treasure Hunt: Why Engineers Still Don't Know What Metrics Their Systems Actually Emit
Modern stacks emit vast amounts of telemetry, yet engineers still struggle to discover which metrics exist, where they come from, and how to use them effectively.
Prometheus Counters Are Not Broken - But They Are Breaking Teams Who Treat Them Like Datadog
Why counter semantics confuse teams during Datadog to Prometheus migrations, and the query patterns that avoid silent misreads.
How One Team Slashed Prometheus Memory From 60GB to 20GB - And Exposed the Silent Cardinality Crisis
A real case study on cutting Prometheus memory usage from 60GB to 20GB by identifying toxic labels and reclaiming scrape reliability.
Prometheus: How We Slashed Memory Usage - And Discovered Our Dashboards Were the Real Problem
A step-by-step breakdown of reducing Prometheus memory pressure by auditing high-cardinality metrics and fixing expensive dashboard query habits.
Because Real Heroes Build Their Own Exporters - And Sometimes That Is Exactly the Right Move
Building a custom exporter can be the fastest path to useful observability when critical systems lack stable community integrations.
Why I Recommend Native Prometheus Instrumentation Over OpenTelemetry - And Why That Title Sparked a Fight
A focused argument for native Prometheus metrics instrumentation in specific scenarios, with clear boundaries on where OpenTelemetry remains the better fit.
Why Did Tesla Move to ClickHouse Instead of Scaling Thanos - And What That Actually Says About Prometheus at Scale
Why large teams sometimes choose ClickHouse over Thanos or Cortex, and what that decision reveals about architecture, cost, and query patterns at scale.
Monitoring My Homelab Became a Second Job - And I am Not Even Getting Paid
A practical look at monitoring stack sprawl in homelabs and how to simplify alerting, dashboards, and ownership before observability becomes busywork.
Zabbix vs Checkmk vs Prometheus (2026): The Lightweight Monitoring Verdict
Zabbix vs Checkmk vs Prometheus, tested for lightweight monitoring: setup effort, auto-discovery, and which tool actually fits a small team's stack.