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Mastering Kubernetes observability: a guide to monitoring modern architectures
Learn why traditional Kubernetes monitoring fails at scale and how to master observability with a modern cost-effective database-first approach.
Aditya Somani • Last updated: Jan 21, 2026
What is observability in 2026? Why it's an analytics problem and why your database matters.
Observability in 2026 is an analytics problem. Learn why the traditional "three pillars" model fails and how a unified ClickHouse database solves cost and latency issues.
Aditya Somani • Last updated: Jan 7, 2026
8 top New Relic alternatives to break the pricing trap (2026 guide)
Escape New Relic's pricing trap and vendor lock-in. Our 2026 guide compares the top 8 observability alternatives—including Datadog, Grafana, and ClickHouse—for pricing, data ownership, and SQL support.
Aditya Somani • Last updated: Dec 15, 2025
The 8 best Datadog alternatives for observability at scale in 2026
Exploring Datadog alternatives? We compare the top competitors for cost-efficiency, performance at scale, and handling high-cardinality data. Find the right fit.
Aditya Somani • Last updated: Dec 8, 2025
Beyond sampling: managing petabyte-scale logs without losing data
Stop compromising on visibility. Learn how to manage petabyte-scale logs without sampling using ClickHouse’s cost-efficient, columnar architecture.
Aditya Somani • Last updated: Nov 27, 2025
The high-cardinality trap: why your observability platform is failing (and what to do about it)
Tired of slow queries & dropped fields? Learn why traditional observability tools fail with high-cardinality data & how a columnar database like ClickHouse solves it.
Aditya Somani • Last updated: Nov 21, 2025
Top 15 infrastructure monitoring tools in 2026: a performance and cost-based comparison
A complete guide to the best infrastructure monitoring tools. We compare 15 top solutions on features, performance, high-cardinality handling, and cost at scale.
Aditya Somani • Last updated: Nov 17, 2025
Best practices for storing OpenTelemetry Collector data
What are the best practices for storing your OTel Collector data?
Last updated: Nov 10, 2025
The definitive guide to ClickHouse query optimization (2026)
Master ClickHouse query optimization through architectural understanding. Learn why ORDER BY design can improve performance 100×, plus proven techniques for trillion-row millisecond queries.
Al Brown, Tom Schreiber, Lionel Palacin • Last updated: Jan 26, 2026
Top 10 OpenTelemetry Compatible Platforms for 2025
Explore the top 10 OpenTelemetry compatible platforms for 2025. Learn how to choose the right backend based on performance, cost at scale, and analytics.
Aditya Somani • Last updated: Nov 6, 2025
MCP and Data Warehouses: everything you need to know
This article explores the suitability of MCP with Data Warehouses, and discusses the business and technical details you need to know to succeed.
Al Brown • Last updated: Nov 29, 2025
What Is a Time-Series Database? Examples, Use Cases & ClickHouse Guide
A time-series database (TSDB) stores and queries data indexed by time, including metrics, events, and logs. Learn real-world examples, common architectures, and when ClickHouse fits time-series workloads.
Last updated: Nov 18, 2025
Real-time data visualization
This guide is all about real-time data visualization. We'll explore how it differs from normal visualization, see some examples, and learn about the tools we can use.
Last updated: Apr 11, 2025
What is a JSON database?
In this guide, we'll learn about JSON, the types of databases that can store JSON, and how to work with JSON data in ClickHouse.
Last updated: Apr 11, 2025
What is a data application?
In this guide, we'll learn all about data applications - what are they, what are the main components, and why would you want to create one?
Last updated: Apr 11, 2025