Where we discuss the differences between logs and metrics, and some of the pratical applications there of. Also, discussions of the pitfalls of percentiles (why averaging percentiles yields worse than useless data).

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Links for Episode 17: * Percentages Aren’t People * Monitorama PDX 2016 - Heinrich Hartmann - Statistics for Engineers * Prometheus Histograms and Summaries * Lucene * Breandan’s Talk at Surge