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Every time someone asks about it on IRC we advise them to use something else (usually `deriv` or `increase`).\r\n\r\nWhat do others think of removing it?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/prometheus/prometheus/issues/comments/232356693","html_url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/1772#issuecomment-232356693","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/prometheus/prometheus/issues/1772","id":232356693,"user":{"login":"beorn7","id":5609886,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5609886?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7","html_url":"https://github.com/beorn7","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/beorn7/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-07-13T13:36:09Z","updated_at":"2016-07-13T13:36:09Z","body":"This is the use case:\r\n\r\nI am monitoring a work queue via a gauge telling me the length of the queue. I want to know the progress I have made working through my backlog over the last hour.\r\n\r\n- If I use `deriv`, I get linear trending, which gives me a very different answer if the queue length has a highly non-linear development (which is pretty common). `deriv` could very well tell me my backlog has grown over the last hour if it has in fact shrunk (but only suddenly at the end of the interval).\r\n- If I use `offset`, I don't get any result if the gauge only sprang into existence less than an hour ago."}}
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