I'm just starting to look into this and have a question. If I can export my metrics directly to TimescaleDB and it supports visualization with Grafana, is there any reason to go through Prometheus?
Good question. The advantage of Prometheus is the ability to scrape from a variety of endpoints (seems like more and more things are exposing the Prometheus format).
There are some who write metrics directly to TimescaleDB, while others prefer going through Prometheus to take advantage of that ecosystem.
There are some who write metrics directly to TimescaleDB, while others prefer going through Prometheus to take advantage of that ecosystem.
Best part: We support both!