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Re:GitHub is going down almost every day around the same time by bentcorner on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @09:58AM (#35887461)
I think you also need to set up an "adversarial" organization. Have a team responsible for reporting metrics that is distinct from the team that is responsible for software that drive the metrics. Classic Dev/QA partnership.
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Re:GitHub is going down almost every day around the same time by ethbr0 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:12AM (#35887652)
The US military essentially landed on a similar solution.

   - Regularly rotate personnel
   - Reward review by a random board
The rotations prevent cooperation of "adversarial" parties from corrupting the process.

A review based on a blend of quantitative metrics (basics/table stakes) and qualitative metrics (everything else) prevents quantitative-metrics-gaming from dominating.

The system has a ton of flaws, is inefficient, and produces suboptimal outcomes a fair amount of the time, but damned if it doesn't scale.

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