Taking the Guesswork out of Your PromQL - Julius Volz, Prometheus
Channel: Kinvolk
Date: 2020-10-12

Prometheus co-founder Julius Volz presents some usability challenges with Prometheus's query language PromQL, as well as approaches to make usage easier. PromQL is great for doing calculations on time series data. However, the language also has plenty of sharp edges and can be challenging to learn and work with for both beginners and more advanced users. The talk starts with a language overview, goes into examples of usability issues, and then presents recent efforts like PromLens (https://promlens.com/ by Julius' company PromLabs) and the new PromQL text editor that will be part of both PromLens and Prometheus soon.