/tags/kpis/ Recent content in KPIs on ArcticDBA - Alexander Arvidsson Hugo -- gohugo.io en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/goodharts-law/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/goodharts-law/ Goodhart’s Law - when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure - is quietly undermining data strategies everywhere. Support tickets get closed without being solved. Active users log in and leave. Velocity numbers climb while codebases rot. The problem isn’t bad metrics; it’s the assumption that better metrics fix the underlying issue. The real question to ask before deploying any KPI: if we optimize for this, what will break?