Limitless Possibilities, Consistent Design: Crafting Dashboards... Nicolas Takashi & Antoine Thébaud
Nicolas Takashi, Antoine Thébaud
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
This talk, presented by Nicolas Takashi and Antoine Thébaud, introduces **Perses**, an innovative open-source **observability visualization tool** designed to standardize and streamline dashboard creation and management. As a recent addition to the **CNCF sandbox project** landscape, Perses aims to foster an **open specification** for dashboards, enhancing interoperability across diverse observability platforms. The core of the presentation revolves around the concept of **Dashboard as Code**, empowering engineers to define, manage, and deploy their observability dashboards using code, leveraging modern DevOps practices.
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This talk introduces Perses, a CNCF sandbox project that delivers a robust "Dashboard as Code" solution. Leveraging dedicated SDKs, a powerful CLI, and Kubernetes-native design, it tackles critical observability challenges like consistency, scalability, and auditability. The project's emphasis on GitOps, ephemeral preview dashboards, and custom linting rules demonstrates a pragmatic and well-engineered approach to a problem that's often overlooked. This isn't just another dashboard tool; it's a serious contender for standardizing observability visualization.