Do we have a somewhat up-to-date curated list of Prometheus-related talks / recordings that are already around?
/MR On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 8:45 AM Julius Volz <[email protected]> wrote: > I always wanted to create some YouTube videos covering certain topics, but > never did it yet because I have certain quality expectations, and it costs > a lot of (free and unpaid) time and energy to create good videos. Videos > have some upsides like being able to visualize and quickly demonstrate > things via screencasts, animations, etc., or just by more casual > explanation than in a documentation. > > But they also have a bunch of downsides, like: > > - It's almost impossible to keep them up to date unless you have a > professional video recording team re-recording things whenever something > changes. > - It's harder with videos to just skim a topic quickly and find just the > information you care about (for that, written documentation is usually > easier). > - They generally just take a large effort to do properly, and the joy and > use you get from them as a learner really depends a lot on the quality of > the instructor and the video production quality. > > I'd still love to explain certain topics via video at some point if I find > the time and energy, but it would probably never be able to be a > replacement for documentation, just explaining certain key concepts or > demoing how to set up Prometheus in various ways, etc. So more of a > complementary resource. > > On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 10:25 PM apoorve kalot <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have some ideas which i want to work upon, under Prometheus, i don't >> know if it would be of that level, but i need of opinion of your all. >> >> The idea is, *developing a series of official YouTube tutorials which >> will be part of official Documentation* for working and playing with >> Prometheus, like from basics of node exporter to writing custom exporter in >> custom language, or working with 3rd party exporters, >> >> *Why it is necessary/ should be done* : In the community IRC, there are >> times when people might ask a information, which might be redundant, or >> might be useful to other user at later point of time, and these tutorials, >> or videos about basic misconceptions, would help to clear all these related >> problems >> >> *Example* : Some of the other open source communities have these >> playlist as part of official documentation, which helps community as well, >> along with people who want use/contribute to the product itself, like >> Kubernetes, TensorFlow, etc. >> >> *Advantages of using it* : >> * The Redundant discussion of basic usage of Prometheus and other related >> tools. >> * Would indirectly help in extending support to community itself, and >> thus would also help in getting new members/contributors which might turn >> into individual maintainers as well. >> * Learning through videos is more efficient as compared to >> documentation, or written stuff [ for this opinion not all might be in >> favor, but everyone would agree about the fact that former is faster than >> latter one ]. For serious bugs and problems, one can always refer and ask >> help back from Prometheus community IRC. >> >> These videos, other than basic implementation, would also contain basic >> practices which involves while using Prometheus and it's services. >> >> Note : i haven't have selected the specifics topics which should be >> included in these videos, but i would be asking other >> Developers/Maintainers of the Prometheus as well as regular users of >> Prometheus. 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