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Show HN: Giraffe - dashboard for graphite

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Re: Show HN: Giraffe - dashboard for graphite

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gingerlime wrote: post #3

Happy to answer any questions about the project and would love to get some feedback.

Looks great! We've been having a rough time keeping our homegrown dashboard stable. My only suggestion so far is to build out the configuration/installation docs in the README.md, 'see dashboard.js' isn't very helpful.

Re: Show HN: Giraffe - dashboard for graphite

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hack_edu wrote: post #4
gingerlime wrote: post #3

Happy to answer any questions about the project and would love to get some feedback.

Looks great! We've been having a rough time keeping our homegrown dashboard stable. My only suggestion so far is to build out the configuration/installation docs in the README.md, 'see dashboard.js' isn't very helpful.

Thanks for the suggestion. I think (or hope) that the config in dashboards.js is reasonably easy to follow, and to use giraffe you'd have to edit it anyway. So the info is right there when you need it. However, I can see that this might not be that clear on first sight.

Re: Show HN: Giraffe - dashboard for graphite

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Post by hack_edu »

gingerlime wrote: post #5
hack_edu wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks great! We've been having a rough time keeping our homegrown dashboard stable. My only suggestion so far is to build out the configuration/installation docs in the README.md, 'see dashboard.js' isn't very helpful.

Thanks for the suggestion. I think (or hope) that the config in dashboards.js is reasonably easy to follow, and to use giraffe you'd have to edit it anyway. So the info is right there when you need it. However, I can see that this might not be that clear on first sight.

Looking at it more, it seems pretty easy, but perhaps consider that your audience might only have a cursory knowledge of their Graphite implementation. Maybe point to a couple of the important fields in dashboards.js, like graphite_url and the bits inside metrics?

Re: Show HN: Giraffe - dashboard for graphite

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Post by gingerlime »

flexd wrote: post #6

While this looks cool, what the obsession with making new Graphite dashboards recently? Everyone seems to be making one.

Can't comment for everyone, but as I tried to explain why on the readme: Essentially, none of the existing dashboards did exactly what we wanted, and it was fun to try to build something different. The task was made easier by using some elements and ideas from at least some of the existing dashboards, like tasseo, gdash and graphene (each worth a look in its own right and they might be more suitable for some people).

Re: Show HN: Giraffe - dashboard for graphite

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Post by gingerlime »

hack_edu wrote: post #7
gingerlime wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the suggestion. I think (or hope) that the config in dashboards.js is reasonably easy to follow, and to use giraffe you'd have to edit it anyway. So the info is right there when you need it. However, I can see that this might not be that clear on first sight.

Looking at it more, it seems pretty easy, but perhaps consider that your audience might only have a cursory knowledge of their Graphite implementation. Maybe point to a couple of the important fields in dashboards.js, like graphite_url and the bits inside metrics ?

That sounds like a sensible idea. Thanks. I'll try to update the readme soon with perhaps a short snippet from dashboards.js.
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