I’ve seen you brush off obvious UX improvements as they aren’t the reason why users don’t join/stay. Makes sense.

Sometimes there isn’t data to justify an idea.

How do you navigate these decisions?

What % of product decisions are based on gut/instinct?

Working on building zkTLS infra/products. A ruthless empiricist and meme connoisseur.

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/eulerlagrange

pre-pmf and in consumer, 80% gut, 20% data

the reasons people don't stay are clear

1. not enough interesting content (readers)
2. audience size is too small (content producers)

The hardest things to see is the thing that isn’t there, but would be better if it was there.

The shadow opportunities