Matt Thorning
@matt-thorn.ing
Software engineer at Grafana Labs and occasional photographer.
I tried listening to the Lord Of The Rings audiobook but had to give up because it was too much Tolkien.
September 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I tried listening to the Lord Of The Rings audiobook but had to give up because it was too much Tolkien.
Reposted by Matt Thorning
⚡ Incidents draining your team?
In our Oct. 8 webinar, see how Grafana Cloud helps you simplify SLOs, streamline response, and more.
Sign up: https://grafana.com/go/webinar/getting-started-with-grafana-incident-response-and-management-irm-and-slo/?mdm=social&src=bs
In our Oct. 8 webinar, see how Grafana Cloud helps you simplify SLOs, streamline response, and more.
Sign up: https://grafana.com/go/webinar/getting-started-with-grafana-incident-response-and-management-irm-and-slo/?mdm=social&src=bs
September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
⚡ Incidents draining your team?
In our Oct. 8 webinar, see how Grafana Cloud helps you simplify SLOs, streamline response, and more.
Sign up: https://grafana.com/go/webinar/getting-started-with-grafana-incident-response-and-management-irm-and-slo/?mdm=social&src=bs
In our Oct. 8 webinar, see how Grafana Cloud helps you simplify SLOs, streamline response, and more.
Sign up: https://grafana.com/go/webinar/getting-started-with-grafana-incident-response-and-management-irm-and-slo/?mdm=social&src=bs
My new favourite pastime is reading negative TripAdvisor reviews which have been translated into English by their AI.
September 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My new favourite pastime is reading negative TripAdvisor reviews which have been translated into English by their AI.
Reposted by Matt Thorning
🏆 Grafana Labs is a 2025 Forbes #Cloud100 honoree!
This year, we jumped 10 spots to come in at #13 among the world’s top private cloud & AI companies.
Thanks to our community and customers for your continued support. We look forward to what’s coming next: https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/
This year, we jumped 10 spots to come in at #13 among the world’s top private cloud & AI companies.
Thanks to our community and customers for your continued support. We look forward to what’s coming next: https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/
September 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🏆 Grafana Labs is a 2025 Forbes #Cloud100 honoree!
This year, we jumped 10 spots to come in at #13 among the world’s top private cloud & AI companies.
Thanks to our community and customers for your continued support. We look forward to what’s coming next: https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/
This year, we jumped 10 spots to come in at #13 among the world’s top private cloud & AI companies.
Thanks to our community and customers for your continued support. We look forward to what’s coming next: https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/
Reposted by Matt Thorning
A product that (almost) everyone uses from mid-sized tech companies and up but I rarely hear talked about: Grafana
In The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 survey, it had more mentions than Cursor, and dominates as the answer to "how do you turn information into graphs"
This is Grafana:
In The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 survey, it had more mentions than Cursor, and dominates as the answer to "how do you turn information into graphs"
This is Grafana:
August 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A product that (almost) everyone uses from mid-sized tech companies and up but I rarely hear talked about: Grafana
In The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 survey, it had more mentions than Cursor, and dominates as the answer to "how do you turn information into graphs"
This is Grafana:
In The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 survey, it had more mentions than Cursor, and dominates as the answer to "how do you turn information into graphs"
This is Grafana:
Reposted by Matt Thorning
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
I've completed The Reindeer Hatch A Plan - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/10
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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December 10, 2024 at 6:24 PM
I've completed The Reindeer Hatch A Plan - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/10
I've completed 🌟Vixen Confronts 🪩Jamie - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/9
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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December 9, 2024 at 9:46 PM
I've completed 🌟Vixen Confronts 🪩Jamie - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/9
I've completed A Night With Mrs. Claus - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/8
It's so strange, like yesterday, my solution didn't work at first but then I typed it in again and the tests passed.
It's so strange, like yesterday, my solution didn't work at first but then I typed it in again and the tests passed.
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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December 9, 2024 at 8:01 AM
I've completed A Night With Mrs. Claus - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/8
It's so strange, like yesterday, my solution didn't work at first but then I typed it in again and the tests passed.
It's so strange, like yesterday, my solution didn't work at first but then I typed it in again and the tests passed.
I've completed 💋Crystal Panics - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/7 (I'm a bit behind but will hopefully catchup. This doesn't happen with my chocolate calendar)
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...
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December 8, 2024 at 6:33 PM
I've completed 💋Crystal Panics - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/7 (I'm a bit behind but will hopefully catchup. This doesn't happen with my chocolate calendar)
I've completed 🎅Santa Refuses To Use Threads - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/6
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 AM
I've completed 🎅Santa Refuses To Use Threads - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/6
I've completed Drafting This Year's Routes - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/5
December 5, 2024 at 11:21 AM
I've completed Drafting This Year's Routes - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/5
I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4 and it's not 11pm already; I have so much spare time now! 😆
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 4, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4 and it's not 11pm already; I have so much spare time now! 😆
I've completed 🎩Bernard Presents The Housing Data - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/4
December 4, 2024 at 10:51 AM
I've completed 🎩Bernard Presents The Housing Data - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/4
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
Part 1 seemed really easy and then I completely fell apart at part 2, tried to do _way_ too much with regex!
Part 1 seemed really easy and then I completely fell apart at part 2, tried to do _way_ too much with regex!
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 3, 2024 at 10:47 PM
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
Part 1 seemed really easy and then I completely fell apart at part 2, tried to do _way_ too much with regex!
Part 1 seemed really easy and then I completely fell apart at part 2, tried to do _way_ too much with regex!
I've completed 🎅Santa Wants Housing Data - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/3
December 3, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I've completed 🎅Santa Wants Housing Data - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/3
I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2
These seem pretty hard for day 2, vastly different of the level Advent of Typescript has started at. Let's hope they don't get massively more difficult else I won't make it past day 4!
These seem pretty hard for day 2, vastly different of the level Advent of Typescript has started at. Let's hope they don't get massively more difficult else I won't make it past day 4!
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 2, 2024 at 10:24 PM
I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2
These seem pretty hard for day 2, vastly different of the level Advent of Typescript has started at. Let's hope they don't get massively more difficult else I won't make it past day 4!
These seem pretty hard for day 2, vastly different of the level Advent of Typescript has started at. Let's hope they don't get massively more difficult else I won't make it past day 4!
I've completed ⚡Blitzen Fixes The Mess - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/2
If they stay this easy then I might make it through the month 🤣
If they stay this easy then I might make it through the month 🤣
Advent of TypeScript
Advent of TypeScript
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December 2, 2024 at 4:47 PM
I've completed ⚡Blitzen Fixes The Mess - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/2
If they stay this easy then I might make it through the month 🤣
If they stay this easy then I might make it through the month 🤣
I've completed The Reindeer Have Had Enough - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/1
December 1, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I've completed The Reindeer Have Had Enough - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/1
Here we go! I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
It probably doesn't bode well for the later days that this took me quite a while 😅 I'm putting it down to using Deno for the first time though!
It probably doesn't bode well for the later days that this took me quite a while 😅 I'm putting it down to using Deno for the first time though!
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 1, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Here we go! I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
It probably doesn't bode well for the later days that this took me quite a while 😅 I'm putting it down to using Deno for the first time though!
It probably doesn't bode well for the later days that this took me quite a while 😅 I'm putting it down to using Deno for the first time though!