Blog
A dive into health roll-up
SquaredUp dashboards sit on top of some very powerful technology. Read to learn all about our health model and how it can benefit you.
A new perspective on dashboard sprawl
Ditch your static, outdated dashboards! Our smart dashboards collate and show you the data that matters. Read to learn about the feature that powers the magic.
How to build the ideal engineering team dashboard
What makes a good engineering team dashboard? Follow this guide to help your developers focus more on coding and spend less time on tool switching.
SquaredUp celebrates four years as a certified Great Place To Work®
We’re thrilled to share that we’ve once again been recognized by Great Place To Work® across multiple categories for 2025!
Latest blogs
What on earth are DORA Metrics?
What are these "DORA Metrics" that everyone is talking about? How can they help my team or organization?
DORA metrics considerations
DORA metrics are not a framework that can be mindlessly applied. In this article we explore some considerations to take into account.
Launching a new dashboarding experience
We’re excited to announce a fully redesigned dashboarding experience. New features include an upgraded dashboard designer, new data sources and much more!
Running Postgres in Docker
Stephen Townshend shows us how to set up and run Postgres in a Docker container, a cleaner and simpler way to run it on your device.
Installing Backstage on a Mac
In this short guide I will provide step by step instructions on how to set up and run Backstage on a Mac.
Three Ways to Run Prometheus
In this article I will show you how to get Prometheus up and running as a binary, a container running in Docker, and inside Kubernetes.
Metrics vs. Logs vs. Traces (vs. Profiles)
A clear and concise overview of the four key telemetry types: logs, traces, metrics, and profiles. Get back to the basics of observability
Instrumenting Node.js code with Prometheus custom metrics
How to instrument your Node.js code with custom Prometheus metrics using the prom-client package. Get a full walk through here
Bad Observability
There's plenty of content out there telling you how to implement observability, or what good looks like. But what about bad observability?
Grafana vs Power BI vs SquaredUp
Compare Grafana vs. Power BI, and SquaredUp. See feature comparisons and the best use case for each platform. See the comparison
SRE Trends from AWS re:Invent 2022
A summary of the SRE and observability trends observed at AWS re:Invent 2022 including serverless, observability data meshes, and more.
New Year's (observability) Resolutions
The ultimate wish list for observability in 2023. Here's what I'd like to see in the industry, and what I personally want to learn.
