Why and How I Started Monitoring My Local Fuel Prices With Grafana

Because of some political turmoil, fuel prices have increased over the past few weeks globally. As a response, Germany adapted the law, where fuel prices may only be increased once a day at exactly 12:00 pm, however decreasing is possible at any time. Following these rules, fuel prices should be the cheapest at 11:59 am. But this is a very inconvenient time, since literally everybody is at work at the middle of the day. ...

April 8, 2026 · 7 min