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by taproot 4876 days ago
Im seeing a lot of "averages are bad" etc but I think you come closest to what I had in mind: there isnt anything inherently wrong with using simple metrics. The caveat is you just need to keep in mind and understand their limitations and where they fall down. I think a lot of people understand that using 99 or 95 percentiles and what not but just failed to lay the reasoning out.