Just thinking aloud: I've been in this industry for what will be going on 20 years now (startup/tech/venture funded stuff) - my observation is that things have become incredibly abstract over the past 15 years - people are very abstracted away from what they are really doing...in that, the capital is increasingly abstracted far far away from capital providers, capital allocators are increasingly abstracted away from the outcomes of the capital they allocate, and capital deployers are increasingly abstracted away from society at large. I do occasionally still run into people who I think "this is a fully formed sensible thoughtful responsible human" - but it's incredibly few and far between - I think the reason is primarily how decoupled everything in the system has become from it's upstream and downstream effects. The other consequence of this is that the competitive nature of market dynamics shift, things become hyper competitive because the unknowns become deeper. The inevitable geometry of large, scaled systems.
Misleiding title, given that this is in the article;
"Of course, we still monitor all the usual suspects: latency, error rates, infrastructure health, etc. Heartbeat metrics don’t replace those – they complement them. They’re your shortcut to understanding customer impact, fast."
While the chances of getting caught are low, I wouldn't want to risk this for insurance. If you are involved in a crash for any reason I don't think they are going to cover it if you modified this stuff on purpose.
Playing games on PC has been a trigger for me for a long time and gets uncomfortable quickly. I got a PSVR2 headset last year and it's a great way for me to play games and not be in the same mostly static position all day. I can play games on it without any discomfort (other than wearing the headset itself which isn't great if it's a really hot day) and you can switch up sitting/standing which I also like.
I have a Quest 2 and I've had to limit my playing of it not because of wrist RSI but it seems like I tend to accidentally overextend my upper forearm muscles anytime I play anything twitchy in it, like Beat Saber or action games, and my forearm muscles stretch or tear or something and take a while to heal back up. Super annoying.
I don't think I'm doing anything too crazy with it either, so it's a little worrying, since it's happened pretty much every time I've played it lately.
