[New post] The CPU load average metric often is not a good one to alert on

jpluimers posted: "Boy I wish threads with more than one person could be saved by the ThreadReaderApp. Anyway: [WayBack] Thread by @mipsytipsy: oh boy.. i was just idly musing over how the single most ubiquitous/useless metric is "CPU load average", lol i wonder if you co" The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff The CPU load average metric often is not a good one to alert on jpluimers Apr 20 Boy I wish threads with more than one person could be saved by the ThreadReaderApp. Anyway: [WayBack] Thread by @mipsytipsy: oh boy.. i was just idly musing over how the single most ubiquitous/useless metric is "CPU load average", lol i wonder if you could use CPU… Charity Majors Follow @mipsytipsy Jun 4th 2020 oh boy.. i was just idly musing over how the single most ubiquitous/useless metric is "CPU load average", lol i wonder if you could use CPU load alerts to score how modern and powerful a team's toolchain is, like a Waffle House Index for tooling. https://twitter.com/drk/status/1261412705316925440   ...oh oh! but i was gonna say, this thread between @drk and @shelbyspees is a killer nanotutorial in how to ask better questions about your code -- where to start, how to drill down and dig in, how to instrument, and how to approach such an open-ended exploratory jaunt. it's a really good illustration of this thing we end up saying all the time, which is "don't fear the future, it is simpler and clearer and *easier* here! the way you are doing it NOW is the hard way!" time for cpu load average to go the way of the PC LOAD LETTER ... 0:00 / 0:01     Read more of this post Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://wiert.me/2023/04/20/the-cpu-load-average-metric-often-is-not-a-good-one-to-alert-on/

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