Grafana 12, from the founder’s perspective: design, scale, and the next chapter

In a discussion on the "Grafana's Big Tent" podcast, Grafana's founder Torkel Ödegaard and other key figures from Grafana Labs reflect on the inception and evolution of Grafana over its 12 major releases. The conversation highlights Grafana's origins in application-level metrics, its expansion into business-level metrics, and the importance of its user-friendly design, which contributed to its widespread adoption. As Grafana continues to grow, the team emphasizes the significance of maintaining a robust open-source codebase, supporting around 200 data sources, and implementing improvements like schema-first APIs and dashboards-as-code. Looking forward, Grafana Labs is focused on enhancing the platform's scalability and multi-tenancy, exploring the integration of AI, and evolving the platform's design to meet future demands.