TraceIQ journal

Building analytics
in the open.

Engineering notes, product decisions and clear-eyed comparisons for teams deciding how to understand their users.

EngineeringAugust 27, 20267 min read

Why we moved TraceIQ toward truly self-hosted analytics

What changed when we removed mandatory hosted authentication, made local mode one-command, and treated operational ownership as a product feature.

ComparisonAugust 27, 202610 min read

TraceIQ vs Umami, Google Analytics, Mixpanel and PostHog

A practical, honest guide to choosing the analytics product that matches your team, infrastructure and questions.