In 2023, Grafana dashboards showcased a diverse array of innovative applications, celebrating their tenth anniversary with the inaugural Golden Grot Awards to honor remarkable user contributions. Notable projects included a UCLA rocket engineering team using Grafana for visualization during competitions, which led to a world record, and a student from the Erasmus School of Economics creating a dashboard to monitor European energy infrastructure. In the professional realm, Raymond Sowden developed a dashboard to enhance observability for Oracle's JD Edwards ERP systems, improving efficiency and insight across various organizational levels. Personal projects saw Grafana used for home monitoring, including air quality, furnace usage, and water levels, while environmental initiatives focused on reducing carbon emissions and balancing national power grids. Grafana's role extended to unexpected areas, such as aiding sustainable farming systems and appearing in pop culture through video games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, highlighting its versatility and widespread influence.