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Input Metrics for SEO

The SEO MBA • 32 implied HN points • 31 Mar 23
💼 Business SEO Metrics Investment Reporting Strategy
  1. SEO success depends on more than just the SEO team - it's a cross-functional effort.
  2. Use input metrics, not just output metrics, to drive buy-in for SEO programs.
  3. Choosing measurable input metrics and evolving them over time helps predict success and guide actions for SEO programs.

Episode 38: Better Built By Burkhard

burkhardstubert • 19 implied HN points • 16 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Software Development Continuous Delivery Metrics DevOps Performance
  1. Continuous Delivery (CD) means making software ready for users quickly and consistently. It's important for teams to measure their progress with metrics to see how well they are doing.
  2. High-performance teams benefit from focusing on both stability and throughput to deliver great software. Balancing these two areas helps reduce bugs while keeping updates frequent.
  3. Setting clear goals for deployment and recovery times can lead to better software and happier customers. Fast response to issues helps retain customer trust and satisfaction.

Five ways to improve developer experience in web3

web3 devx • 2 HN points • 05 May 24
🕹 Technology Developer Experience Web3 Documentation Community Metrics
  1. Developer Experience (DevX) is crucial in web3 as it drives transaction volume, TVL, and revenue.
  2. Great DevX involves creating a North Star Metric, focusing on Developer Moments of Truth (DMOT), and structuring documentation around key use cases.
  3. To improve DevX, companies should over-engineer solutions for the unhappy path, leverage the community through grants, airdrops, and bug bounty programs.
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Cultivating a Culture of Excellence

Fish Food for Thought • 15 implied HN points • 31 May 23
💼 Business Team Dynamics Metrics Hiring Goals Culture
  1. Empowering teams leads to fostering a culture of excellence by giving them real authority and accountability.
  2. Effective measurement systems are crucial in building a culture of excellence, focusing on metrics that truly matter to the business.
  3. Hiring, nurturing, and weeding out team members are strategic decisions that significantly impact an organization's future in cultivating a culture of excellence.

26/36 : 🚀📝 Product Pitch Deck Framework

Product Mindset's Newsletter • 11 implied HN points • 23 Jul 23
💼 Business Startups Investors Metrics Market Analysis Pitch Decks
  1. Focus on building something that a small number of users love, rather than aiming for a large number of users who just like your product.
  2. A pitch deck should provide a clear and concise overview of your startup, focusing on key areas like problem, solution, market, product, team, competition, and financial projections.
  3. Key to a successful pitch deck is clarity, differentiation, and convincing the audience of your idea's high potential and chances of success.

How We Drive Developer Productivity at Yelp | with Kent Wills, Director of Engineering, Engineering Effectiveness at Yelp

platocommunity • 2 HN points • 25 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Engineering Developer Productivity Metrics Automation
  1. Engineering Effectiveness at Yelp aims to boost engineering capacity through organizational efficiency, working on projects to enhance workflows and systems, like 'paved paths' inspired by Netflix.
  2. Yelp dealt with challenges like transitioning from a monolith to a service-oriented architecture, focusing on issues such as maintaining consistent styles, testing across service boundaries, and facilitating migrations.
  3. The current state of Yelp's Engineering Effectiveness involves supporting web development, improving language support, automating code migrations, and prioritizing better observability of debt and engineering value.

Clouded Judgement 5.19.23

Clouded Judgement • 13 implied HN points • 19 May 23
💼 Business Software Stocks Earnings Valuation Metrics
  1. Cloud software companies saw a boost in stock prices, but operating performance is not as positive.
  2. Companies added less new ARR in Q1 '23 compared to the previous year, indicating a headwind in new bookings.
  3. Median revenue growth rate declined in Q1 '23, along with net retention rates, CAC payback periods, but FCF margins showed improvement.

A Look Back at Q1 '23 Public Cloud Software Earnings

Clouded Judgement • 12 implied HN points • 20 Jun 23
💼 Business Earnings Metrics Guidance Performance Valuations
  1. Analysis of Q1 public cloud software earnings provides insights for startup entrepreneurs on managing their businesses.
  2. Indications suggest a potential bottoming phase in the software industry with hopes for reacceleration by the year's end.
  3. Metrics such as revenue performance, growth, and sales efficiency play key roles in evaluating the success of a quarter for cloud businesses.

Clouded Judgement 5.26.23

Clouded Judgement • 12 implied HN points • 26 May 23
💼 Business Finance Software Earnings Valuation Metrics
  1. Snowflake reported weakening consumption trends in April/May compared to Feb/March.
  2. The change in data retention policies by customers was a big factor in consumption weakness for Snowflake.
  3. Snowflake's report raises questions about the anticipated acceleration in consumption software and highlights the volatility of consumption models.

Clouded Judgement 6.23.23 - Atlas Consumption and Q1 Earnings Trends

Clouded Judgement • 10 implied HN points • 23 Jun 23
💰 Finance Software Metrics Valuation
  1. MongoDB Atlas consumption trends showed a drop in Q2 of last year but picked up in Q1 and may continue. Monitoring this trend is key.
  2. Quarterly metrics trends like growth, net retention, sales efficiency, and FCF margins have been fluctuating in the recent quarters.
  3. Valuation metrics like EV/NTM revenue multiples and growth rates are important for understanding the relative valuation of software companies.

Discover the Hidden Insights: Are Product Engagement Metrics Indicator of Supercharged Growth?

Build Startup In Public • 1 HN point • 30 Apr 24
💼 Business Startups Metrics Growth Entrepreneurship Engagement
  1. Product engagement metrics like daily and monthly active users help show how much people enjoy using the product. Higher engagement often leads to more users spreading the word about the product.
  2. Engaged users can become strong advocates for your product, which can help it grow faster. They share their experiences and bring in new users, making the product more viral.
  3. Focusing too heavily on DAUs and MAUs can be misleading. It's important to understand what really reflects user value, as this can vary based on the product and its stage of development.

Clouded Judgement 1.19.24 - The Bar for Going Public

Clouded Judgement • 2 HN points • 19 Jan 24
💼 Business Finance Metrics Investing Market Analysis Valuation
  1. The bar for going public is set very high, with companies needing impressive metrics like $200m ARR, 50% YoY growth, and over 120% net retention.
  2. New IPOs face challenges like concentrated ownership, lower liquidity, high stock dilution, and the need to build trust with public market investors.
  3. Startups aiming to go public should focus on metrics attractive to public market investors, including understanding stock compensation and equity dilution.

Tiered Availability Review

software + caffeine = blog • 1 HN point • 17 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Operations Metrics Meetings Engineers Executives
  1. Having regular forums within your engineering organization is crucial for driving accountability for availability.
  2. Different levels of availability reviews cater to specific audiences and purposes, from individual engineering teams to executives.
  3. Building momentum for these forums requires buy-in from engineering teams, executives, and directors, and it's essential for sustaining the process.

Churn Paradox

Magis • 1 HN point • 20 Feb 24
💼 Business Statistics Metrics Investors Financial Statements
  1. Simpson's paradox teaches us that aggregate metrics can lead to wrong conclusions when not considering the composition of the aggregate.
  2. A common construction of churn metrics can be misleading; decreasing aggregate churn rate may not always mean the revenue base quality is improving, and sudden increases can be due to new customers rather than a decline in quality.
  3. Churn paradox occurs when fixed-period aggregate churn rates ignore the sizes of customer acquisition cohorts, leading to skewed conclusions about customer retention and revenue base.

How to interview people that are more competent than you

Boris Again • 0 implied HN points • 27 Sep 23
💼 Business Interviews Skills Metrics Programming Statistics
  1. When interviewing people more competent than you, have them explain complex concepts to test communication and understanding.
  2. Include both open-ended and technical questions in the interview process to assess problem-solving and technical skills.
  3. Ensure candidates ask questions, articulate needs, and provide appropriate solutions to evaluate their potential in the position.

How to Design Metrics With Prometheus Metric Types: the USE Method

DevCube • 0 implied HN points • 21 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Metrics System Design CPU Monitoring
  1. The USE method for designing metrics focuses on Utilization, Errors, and Saturation of system resources.
  2. Implementing the USE method involves observing CPU, memory, and network metrics with tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
  3. CPU utilization can be calculated using metrics like node_cpu_seconds_total to understand how busy the CPU is.

Death by RAG Evals

ScaleDown • 0 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Evaluation LLMs Metrics Costs
  1. Evaluating RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems is challenging due to the need for assessing accuracy, relevance, and context retrieval.
  2. Human annotation is accurate but time-consuming, error-prone, and not suitable for real-time systems.
  3. The evaluation process for RAG systems can be resource-intensive, time-consuming, and costly, impacting latency and efficiency.