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Metrics without action are entertainment

Growth → Experimentation & Metrics

Do not treat metric gathering as entertainment. It's not there for you to be like, 'Oh, that's interesting, how novel,' and then not act on it. So real news is information that changes what you do in the real world.

Crystal WidjajaHow to scrappily hire for, measure, and unlock growth
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Real news is information that changes what you do in the real world. And if you don't change what you're doing, what you are doing is just getting entertainment.

Various (Year-End Review)Countdown of the top 10 episodes of the year
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The insight will provide value when you have this, why answered? Why is this person doing this thing? Here's why. And then you are going to act differently.

Crystal WidjajaHow to scrappily hire for, measure, and unlock growth
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The goal of eval is to guide the product development. So you see eval, because I think I'm a big fan of eval, is that it helps you uncover opportunities where the progress are doing well.

Chip HuyenAI Engineering 101 with Chip Huyen