Grafana Labs recently hosted a meetup in Tel Aviv, Israel, in collaboration with Taboola, marking their first event in the city since 2016. The gathering featured insightful presentations from Grafana Labs and Taboola team members, including Tom Wilkie's comparison of Cortex and Thanos, Michael Lando's discussion on Taboola's metrics journey, and Dieter Plaetinck's talk on the evolution of Graphite and Metrictank, along with previews of Grafana 7. This event also celebrated Grafana Labs' strategic shift from contributing to the Cortex project to launching Grafana Mimir, an open-source long-term storage solution for Prometheus. The meetup was well-attended, featured lively discussions, and was rounded off with refreshments, with a video recording available for those unable to attend.