Pragmatic Orthodoxy - Data Signals #1 - 03.11.25
            Hello,
welcome to a new bi-weekly format of this newsletter. I am thinking about it a while already, how I
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        dbt blues
            When dbt Labs announced their merger with Fivetran, the data community had feelings. A lot of them. The dbt fear
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        The End of Digital Analytics
            as we know it.
When Amplitude announced their new chief evangelist some days ago, most people saw a standard hire
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        Vibe Analytics: When Everyone Becomes an Analyst (And Analysts Become Everything Else)
            1. Introduction: The Vibe Shift
So, vibe coding is a thing. I won't spend this post arguing why
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        The Double Three-Layer Framework for Tracking Setups
            It all started on a drizzly Tuesday, somewhere between the flat-pack sofas and the cafeteria (vegan) meatballs.
You just landed
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        The dark side of growth metrics
            This will help you to understand why your CFO doesn’t like your growth rate.
Metrics by themselves aren'
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        Product Analytics in a feature factory
            There were some heated discussions in the product world some months ago when two product realities clashed significantly.
On the
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        How to refactor your tracking design?
            Imagine the not-so-unlikely situation of starting a new job as an analyst, where behavioral data analysis (aka marketing & product
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        European Analytics
            No worries. This will not become any kind of polarized post. But if you want to go and pick your
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        The business questions scale, but your analytics setup doesn't
            When implementing data analytics, there's this tricky inflection point that often catches everyone by surprise. It's
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        Metric Trees for Digital Analysts
            Content in digital analytics tends to be pretty predictable. Juliana pointed this out a while ago - most content in
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        Measuring Product Evolution Through Core Features - Miro Analytics Setup
            Imagine spending months meticulously tracking every feature of your product, collecting data on every user interaction, only to realize you&
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        Measure your product strategy - a new learning for analytics setups
            An interesting discovery
I decided to take on an interesting challenge: creating one tracking plan every day for a week,
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        Measuring AI productivity features - Analytics setup for Loom
            Imagine spending months perfecting your product's analytics, meticulously tracking every user action, only to have AI features completely
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        Designing Analytics for Creative Tools: Finding Clarity in Complex User Journeys - Canva Tracking Plan
            Creating analytics for creative tools like Canva seems like a paradox at first. How do you measure success in a
        
        
     
        
                        
    
        
    
        Combining your Product Strategy with your Analytics Implementation - Tracking Plan for Asana
            Analytics can feel deceptively simple when you start with a product like Asana. Track some tasks, measure completion rates, count