Lessons from Yet Another PM Building Dashboards
Blog post from Groundcover
We built a data visualization platform, Dashboards and Data Exploration, from scratch in just 12 weeks. We started by building the Query Bar, which became the backbone of our platform, allowing users to generate PromQL queries easily. The Query Bar was expanded to support Logs and Traces, and later Infra Metrics, showcasing one of our biggest advantages over competitors: great Infra Monitoring out of the box. We prioritized user feedback, releasing features in quick cycles and iterating in days instead of months. Our platform is now fully integrated with Grafana, but we're shifting focus to building a custom graphing library for full control over visualizations. Future plans include driving adoption, closing feature gaps, and reimagining what dashboards can be, including enhanced sharing capabilities and intelligent automation.
| Trend | Post Mentions | Total Month Mentions | Posts | Companies | MoM |
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| Observability | 9 | 1,867 | 328 | 114 | +46% |
| LLM | 1 | 4,855 | 541 | 180 | +51% |
| Real-time | 1 | 4,629 | 997 | 226 | +44% |
| Vector Search | 1 | 1,879 | 278 | 111 | +3% |
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