Imagine you’re responding to a production incident, and you’re trying to answer simple questions about it. How many systems do you need to consult when assessing the impact of events at your company? Do you manage different technology stacks for observability, security, and business intelligence?
What if we told you, you could create a unified stack capable of serving all stakeholders simultaneously? In this talk, Mya and Josh explore how open source technologies like ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry, and Grafana enable complex business use cases using modern tooling and practices.
Regardless of your function, you will leave with a deeper understanding of how consolidating these concerns into a unified stack reduces technical complexity and provides a common language for everyone to use - from engineers building new features and product managers evaluating their success, to operators keeping the lights on and C suite’s birds-eye view of the company.

A profitable business is one of the best protections for commercial open source projects and communities that depend on them.
This talk draws on the experience of companies that pulled it off to explain how to do it for your own projects. We’ll discuss commercial models that actually work, giving back to the community, and gracefully collecting money for free software.
We'll also touch on topics for larger projects like foundations and taking VC funding. It is possible to balance a strong belief in open source communities with making payroll every two weeks. We've done it and will share our secrets.