Monitoring serves as a shield against the unknown, providing clarity through the complexity of distributed systems and hardware. However, monitoring itself can become a complex system, posing challenges when it fails.

In this talk, Roman Khavronenko explores the evolution of monitoring practices through numerous support cases encountered with VictoriaMetrics. He investigates Monitoring of Monitoring, engineer-friendly Grafana dashboard creation, alert optimization, and troubleshooting guide compilation. Join Roman as he navigates through these monitoring-related questions, shedding light on effective strategies for enhancing monitoring practices.