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Canary metrics

by Erik Hoffmann on Jan 28th, 2009

Canaries in the Coal Mines: Miners always kept a canary with them in the coal mines because the birds were so much more sensitive to air quality than the miners. If the canary was alive and singing, the miners worked. If the canary was dead or dying, the miners knew to immediately evacuate the mining shaft.

This article explores the use of so-called “canary metrics”.