Metrics - What are they good for?

It's risky to use metrics in your projects. But the risks are often used as an excuse not to use metrics. So what's a good way to use metrics? Hopefully this talks will shed a light on this question.

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1. Metrics - What are they good for?
2. “You can have good metrics and still have bad code.”
4. Jenkins - CI
5. COVERALLS
7. THINK!
8. People will start coding against metrics
10. Metrics People Matter Repos
11. def good_code common_sense && good_metrics && other_stuff end
12. Attribution http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2136954043/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/4561376850/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/haniamir/2473127741 http://www.flickr.com/photos/funky64/4267353106 http://jcastaneyra.com/2012/10/15/java-testing-oracle-scripts-compatible-htwo/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/addrox/2587484034/