Charity Majors • 4/13/2022

The Truth About “MEH-TRICS”

The article argues that while traditional metrics are useful for monitoring known system health indicators (like server utilization or error rates), they are inadequate for true observability, which requires understanding unknown-unknowns and user-impacting issues. It clarifies the author's past criticisms were about using metrics *for observability*, not metrics in general, and discusses the proper, complementary role of metrics alongside modern observability tools.

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