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Telemetry is the ultimate context window. Build your AI features on raw user events, not sampled summaries.
If you don't own the database, you don't own your analytics. Keep your logs where they belong: your own infra.
Privacy is an architectural choice, not a settings toggle. Cookieless by default is the only sustainable path.
The fastest query is the one you don't have to wait for. ClickHouse database powers every dashboard at sub-second speeds.
Open-source is a trust framework. Inspect the ingestion logic, audit the database schema, and deploy with confidence.
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