Using TimescaleDB and Grafana, Dakota and Cole — two students, friends, and data enthusiasts — built an observability solution to make laundry days in college a breeze.

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Two college students developed a system using Grafana and TimescaleDB to track laundry machine usage in dorms. They used internet-connected laundry machines' data, building a real-time dashboard that also records metrics like machine popularity and usage times. This creative approach demonstrates Grafana's versatility beyond typical network monitoring and hints at future integration possibilities with weather data or gamification.

Dashboards and detergent: How two students monitor laundry machines in a college dorm with Grafana

This is the most inspiring story I have read in a while!
Hats off to both the students, they really reminded me of my days at college, but it was usually me alone. It’s truly nice to have at least one friend to work with you on ideas like this.

This is cool 😎 sounds like something I would get up to in college 😉
Cool project, great post!