Grafana & Friends Kenya: Eldoret Dashboard (Vol. 1)

Theme: Building & Monitoring Your First Web App with Stitch, Google AI Studio, Google Cloud Run, and Grafana Faro

Whether you are a student, frontend developer, or cloud enthusiast, this hands-on session will take you through the complete modern development lifecycle—from rapid AI prototyping to deploying serverless applications and tracking frontend performance in real-time.

We will build a local web application together, ship it live to Google Cloud, and observe real user metrics using Grafana Faro.

What You Will Learn:

• Rapid Prototyping: Designing UI components using Google Stitch.
• Full-Stack Code Generation: Transforming designs into container-ready code using Google AI Studio.
• Serverless Deployment: Containerizing and shipping your web application to Google Cloud Run.
• Frontend Observability: Instrumenting the Grafana Faro Web SDK to track Core Web Vitals, browser exceptions, and custom user events inside Grafana.

Agenda:

• 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM | Check-in & Settling In
• Attendee registration, WiFi setup, laptop prep, and informal networking.
• 09:30 AM – 09:40 AM | Opening Remarks
• Welcome by Grafana & Friends Kenya and session overview.
• 09:40 AM – 10:10 AM | Session 1: Design & Build with AI
• UI prototyping with Google Stitch and code generation in Google AI Studio.
• 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM | Session 2: Deploying to Google Cloud Run
• Containerizing the application and shipping it live to serverless cloud infrastructure.
• 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM | Session 3: Frontend Observability
• Wiring up Grafana Faro Web SDK, triggering telemetry, and visualizing Web Vitals on Grafana.
• 11:10 AM – 11:40 AM | Q&A & The Grafana Fast-Fingers Showdown! ⚡
• Got questions? Got quick fingers? Face off in our high-octane Grafana Fast-Fingers Game for a chance to score official, limited-edition Grafana swag!
• 11:40 AM – 01:00 PM+ | Lunch, Photos & Community Networking
• Grab some lunch, connect with local developers, take group photos, and get 1-on-1 support.

What to Bring:

• A laptop with a modern web browser.
• High energy and enthusiasm to build!

Prerequisites:

• No prior experience with Grafana or Google Cloud Run is required. Beginners are fully welcome!

Come through, let's observe the good vibes! 🔥