This is a story about Mahlon Smith, a senior technologist at animation film studio LAIKA, who developed a tool called `netdata-tsrelay` to consolidate metrics from Netdata to TimescaleDB, a time-series database. Mahlon's initiative was inspired by a GitHub issue requesting support for TimescaleDB as a Netdata backend. The tool allows users to store metrics from Netdata clients in TimescaleDB, enabling the consolidation of metrics data across all host machines and other infrastructure into one central, performant, reliable time-series database. By using this tool, LAIKA can better monitor their IT infrastructure, analyze long-term trends, and make informed decisions about resource allocation and performance optimization. The tool has been in production at LAIKA for over a year and provides three main advantages: consolidating metrics data, correlating host events with other systems, and viewing long-term trends. Mahlon's initiative demonstrates his passion for TimescaleDB and has earned him the title of Founding Hero in the Timescale Heroes program.