# How ClickStack makes ClickHouse faster for observability

DevFeed: [How ClickStack makes ClickHouse faster for observability](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-clickstack-makes-clickhouse-faster-for-observability-5197.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/clickstack-faster-observability>)

Author: Mike Shi

Published: 2026-03-18T12:55:57Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [Low Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/low-latency.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>)

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## AI overview

This article explains how ClickStack improves ClickHouse-based observability by integrating the user interface with the database engine. It describes query construction and rewriting techniques that reduce data scanned, control CPU and memory use, maximize pruning, and support low-latency performance for demanding telemetry workloads.

## Source excerpt

ClickHouse is fast by design, but raw database speed isn't enough. This post explores how ClickStack tightly integrates with ClickHouse to generate optimized queries -- from progressive time window pagination and chunked charts to automatic use of materi