InfluxDB is a high performance Time Series Database designed to handle metrics and events with high write throughput and query rates. The TICK Stack, consisting of InfluxDB, Telegraf, Chronograf, and Kapacitor, provides an open source platform for collection, storage, graphing, and alerting on time series data. This platform specializes in processing timestamped data, offering optimizations such as compression and query functions to address the fundamental issues of high write throughput and query rates. The TICK Stack is designed to be interoperable yet allows each component to provide significant value as a standalone installation. It can be easily set up on macOS using Homebrew package manager, with most configuration values not requiring changes out of the box.