Sandboxing AI-generated code: why we moved from WebR to AWS Lambda
Why we moved our AI chart generator from in-browser WebR (WASM) to AWS Lambda. A case study on the real-world trade-offs of running AI-generated R and ggplot2 code.
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Claude Code + OpenTelemetry + Grafana: a guide to tracking usage and limits
Learn to monitor Claude Code costs, tokens, and latency in 5 minutes using its native OpenTelemetry support with Grafana Cloud.
Which chart would you swipe right?
Same dating data, 5 different charts: do you prefer the academic journal, The Economist, a Redditor’s take, or creating your own with AI?
Featured 5 Grafana in Docker examples to get started with metrics, logs, and traces
Learn how to spin up Grafana in Docker in 5 real-world examples - Prometheus metrics, Loki logs, Tempo traces, and Pyroscope profiling.
Featured Building Grafana dashboards with AI, CLI, and a bit of pragmatism
Discover a pragmatic approach to building Grafana dashboards more efficiently by combining the power of AI with the automation of a CLI workflow.
How does the Data Council conference keep finding future billion-dollar companies?
Data Council 2025 blended a unique Masonic temple venue with deep-tech talks. Discover insights from future billion-dollar companies before they make headlines.
Featured Don’t let Apache Iceberg sink your analytics: practical limitations in 2025
Apache Iceberg is a powerful open table format, but has practical limitations. Learn about its challenges with small data, metadata overhead, and real-time use cases.
Highlights from the Iceberg Summit 2025
Key insights from Iceberg Summit 2025 on Apache Iceberg’s evolution, including Table Spec V3, PyIceberg, Go, and its central role in modern data lakehouses.
February 2025 newsletter
February’s tech roundup: ElasticON takeaways, Databricks’ $10 billion funding, and IBM’s DataStax buyout. We also dive into ClickHouse’s price hike and AIOps failures.
Featured Lessons from the pre-LLM AI in observability: anomaly detection and AIOps vs P99
See how a decade of artificial intelligence hype missed the mark in tooling and learn statistical tricks insiders use to spot trouble faster than alert storms.
ClickHouse Cloud pricing change in January 2025: a price hike with many tweaks
We estimate a 30% price increase for a typical production workload. This article explains the complex pricing change announced on January 27, 2025, and provides a practical guide to what’s changing.
January 2025 newsletter
Get the latest on Quesma’s developments, including key product updates, our 2025 roadmap insights, and how AI is shaping the future of data analytics.
Team update
Quesma announces a leadership change as co-founder transitions to an advisory role, reaffirming the company’s mission and ongoing partnerships.
December 2024 newsletter
Explore Quesma’s 2024 highlights, including team insights, event recaps, and industry updates on databases and analytics.
Quesma database gateway
Learn how Quesma is applying microservice principles to databases, creating a gateway that simplifies migrations, enhances security, and improves observability.