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We just wrapped up our final installment of the VictoriaLogs Tech Talk series! If you missed it live, the recording is now available.
Our deep dive into VictoriaLogs, from VictoriaMetrics, recently concluded with the insightful fourth installment of our Tech Talk series. This session featured a very special guest: VictoriaMetrics Co-founder and CTO, Alex!
π₯ Watch the full recording: VictoriaLogs: Gaps, Gains & Growth- Tech Talks #4
This session went beyond a simple recap. Alex shared his unique and candid perspective on logging with VictoriaLogs. If you’re working with or considering VictoriaLogs, this is a must-watch. The discussion covered:
Key Lessons Learned
Consolidating the most important takeaways from the entire series.
Filling the Gaps
Addressing interesting aspects or nuances not covered in previous talks.
Honest Reflections
Discussing what insights were spot-on and clarifying areas that needed refinement based on real-world use.
Real-World Perspective
Gaining insights shaped directly by the development and application of VictoriaLogs.
Future Directions
Hearing firsthand about the ongoing development, vision, and potential evolution of VictoriaLogs.
Hearing directly from a co-founder provides an unparalleled opportunity to understand the core concepts, practical applications, and future path of VictoriaLogs.
Catch the full discussion and gain valuable insights by watching the recording linked above.
Get hands-on with VictoriaLogs today and experience the benefits firsthand!
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Q1 2026 brought incremental but important updates to VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection: UI improvements, AI assistance inside the UI, a public traces playground, new false-positive reduction controls, and continued resource optimizations.
VictoriaMetrics participated in KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam. The team delivered multiple talks covering platform design, Kubernetes observability, and distributed tracing optimization. A real-world case study from Miro showcased a cost-efficient, AZ-aware observability architecture built with VictoriaMetrics. With a 15-person team on site, the booth saw strong interest from users tackling scaling, cost, and performance challenges. The company also hosted its first community after-party, βAfter Deploy,β co-organized with Varnish and Shipfox, extending discussions beyond the conference.
Q1 2026 brought VictoriaLogs GA, a hosted MCP Server, a brand new cost calculator, a major expansion of alerting rule presets with a new editor, infrastructure improvements, notifications via generic webhooks and a few things we are cooking.
If you’ve been struggling with the high resource overhead of tail sampling, check out retroactive sampling, an approach that significantly reduces sampling overhead for distributed tracing in OpenTelemetry.