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Can we stop with the uptime percentages?

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  1. iLoveOncall · · focus · HN ↗
    > So how about, and I’ll just throw this out there, instead of: > > GitHub Actions: 98.31% uptime. > > We say something like: > > GitHub Actions: 12 hours affected in the last 30 days (98.31% uptime).

    The suggested format is equally unhelpful.

    You can get 12 hours of downtime by being down once for 12 hours, or 144 times for 5 minutes. The user experience is VERY different in those two cases.

    Ultimately the graphs are the most useful format.

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