Grafana Dashboards That Don't Suck: Principles and Anti-Patterns
Most Grafana dashboards are bad. Too many panels, unclear queries, inconsistent color schemes, no clear purpose. Here are the principles I apply now. Rule 1: Every dashboard has one question Start by writing down: “What question does this dashboard answer?” Good: “Is the order service healthy right now?” “How is the nightly ETL job progressing?” “What is the cost trend for our compute in the last 30 days?” Bad: “Production metrics” “Database overview” If you can’t state the question in one sentence, you don’t know what the dashboard is for. ...