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day 277 of the operation / 05.10.2026

Proxfrito

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notes01/10/2026

Zero is not absent

  • observability
  • data
  • frontend

The dashboard showed 0 where it should have shown "did not arrive." Zero is a measurement; absence is a state — and confusing the two makes someone celebrate a drop in errors that was, in fact, the collection being down. Every number displayed needs to know when it is from; when it does not, the honest answer is "no data since 14:20," not a confident zero.