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I never understood the purpose of dashboards. In the context of CI, I see three use cases and there is always a better solution than a dashboard. 1. Detect bro
by qznc 8y ago
I never understood the purpose of dashboards. In the context of CI, I see three use cases and there is always a better solution than a dashboard.
1. Detect broken builds. It is better to actively notify somebody by mail, chat, whatever.
2. Prevent broken master. It is better to reject the pull request/patch before it becomes a problem.
3. Analyse the system. It is better to download the data and enable the use of whatever analysis tools are suitable.
- jayd16 8y agoDirect emails can't replace the collaborative "hey why are these still red" moments without spamming the whole team. They can show non-event information such as build time trends at a glance.