Originally published at: https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/why-i-joined-netdata/ by Robin Schumacher
Although it happened a long time ago, I remember it like it was yesterday.
That probably has to do with the particular circumstance I found myself in at the time. I had my then one-year-old daughter with me; it was semi-late in the evening on a Saturday night; and I was just leaving with her in the car with carry-out food from one of those quickie-Italian places that kids love.
Back then, I was one of only two DBAs with the largest utility company in my state, which is to say my life was, how shall I put it, prickly. That’s because, whenever an app/system starts to slow down or something chokes, the first thing everyone blames (usually) is the database and the person who takes care of it.…