In the first article in this series, we explained how to set up your developer environment to begin creating Mattermost plugins. In the second, we examined the structure of server-side and web app plugins and how to deploy them. Now, it’s time to dive deeper into the server side of the application, which is written in Golang.

Welcome to the first edition of Open Source Matters: our regular publication about the latest happenings in open source! Let’s dive into the news.

In Mattermost, our monitoring solution is continuously evolving to meet our scaling infrastructure needs. Our previous architecture used Prometheus federation and was perfect for our small/medium infrastructure size, but was not able to scale in the way we needed. This post will explain how we used Thanos and the Prometheus operator to scale our monitoring infrastructure and meet our long-term storage needs.

If you’re using Troop Messenger just for the basic collaboration services, then I would say you’ve just explored a small portion of its facilities and features. Troop Messenger works fast and better and is the perfect choice for building stronger teams when compared to its counterpart Microsoft Teams. It stands unique in its way with the new-gen chat capabilities, modern calling, and conferencing solutions, and workable features that boost productivity at work.

Element Matrix Services lets you pick up the Slack between Teams... Element Matrix Services now offers fully managed bridges for both Microsoft Teams and Slack, so Element (or any other Matrix-based app) can integrate with either service. Connect Element to both, and you can integrate Slack and Microsoft Teams via Matrix.