HACKER Q&A
📣 topaztee

What engineering metrics help you do your job better?


it feels like products out there create engineering metrics that are actually not useful and maybe even harmful to devs. which ones actually help you?


  👤 edmundsauto Accepted Answer ✓
Good observability on operational metrics, as much automation as possible, clear processes and playbooks for escalations.

Most engineering orgs I’ve seen require Eng oncalls. The perspective above is a simple non expensive way to minimize time investigations eg 5% movement of a metric. Teams spend lots of time asking “is this a real world effect, if so, should we be worried?”


👤 wahnfrieden
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