Hacks + Graphs = ❤

Hacking culture
and fun problem solving at Datadog

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1. Hacks + Graphs = ❤ Hacking culture and fun problem solving at Datadog Riviera DEV 2017 Nadir Kadem Frontend Engineer @datadoghq
2. About me • Name: Nadir Kadem • Role: Frontend Engineer @datadog • Working on: APM (Application Performance Monitoring)
 www.datadoghq.com/blog/announcing-apm/ • Twitter and Github: @youpinadi

3. Definition of Hacking Using something and change it, and make it do what you want with it.
4. First, some context
5. • SaaS based infrastructure and app monitoring • Dashboards (metrics and events) • Intelligent Alerting • Processing a trillion data points per day Datadog Overview
6. • “Measure all the things!” culture • Lots of hard problems to solve • Also, some smaller problems to solve ;) Datadog Overview
7. Dashboard example
8. 4 existential problems (and how we fixed them)
9. Problem #1 The restrooms are always occupied and I don’t want to wait.
10. Solution • Monitor the restroom doors (Raspberry Pi + IoT) • Gather metrics • Put it on a dashboard • Done off work project (with company resources 
 and support)
11. Final Result: The setup Power outlet Raspberry Pi Sensor
12. Final Result: Mac menu bar status Yay! Arghhh…
13. Final Result: Internal Dashboard
14. Pokemon Go has launched but I can’t login or play most of the time. Problem #2
15. Solution • Monitor the PTC login (python + unofficial API) • Gather metrics • Put it on a public dashboard • Done off work (with company resources 
 and support)
16. Final Result: Public Dashboard Can i login? Can i place a lure? Key metrics over time (uptime, latency) Running Pikachu ispokemongodownornot.com
17. Final Result: key numbers • 7 million visits • #1 on google for search: “is pokemon go down or not” • Tons of articles • Ton of tweets and retweets • ProductHunt’s homepage (116 votes) • Brand awareness • Nintendo finally fixed their servers
18. Final Result: Analytics for July - August 2016
19. Small Quizz: What distance is an ultra marathon? A. 200 km B. 400 km C. 800 km D. The "D" answer
20. My colleague Christian is running 800 km and I want to support him. Problem #3
21. Solution • Parse the “6 jours de france" website (python) • Extract metrics • Put it on a public dashboard • Display the dashboard on some big TVs • Done off work then some small maintenance at work
22. Final Result: Public Dashboard Christian’s advance (not a typo) Total distance (not a typo) Christian Funny gifs Live video
23. Final Result: Dashboard in the entrance of the Paris Office
24. Final Result: sor The race Winner!
25. I want to play Minecraft and check metric dashboards without using Alt +Tab Problem #4
26. • Make a Minecraft mod (python) • Use Datadog internal API • Make dashboards configurable via YAML • Hackaton project (made in 24 hours) Solution
28. Lesson learned #1
29. Hacking allows you to work with interesting people and learn new things. Lesson Learned #1
30. Lesson learned #2
31. If a company gives room to employees and supports them, good things can happen. Lesson Learned #2
32. Lesson learned #3
33. Hacking is a good way to get out of the daily routine, start hacking today! Lesson Learned #3
34. • Monitoring Pokemon Go Service Status • Cheering on coworkers - building culture with Datadog dashboards • Restroom Hacks Relevant blog posts
35. Wanna work with us? www.datadoghq.com/careers/
36. Questions?