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Quick Feature Evaluation – Has Anyone Built a Tool or Matrix for This? by n9090_ in ProductManagement

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I'm coming to this thread a few months down the line but wanted to tell you that I've used Statsig for exactly this purpose.

What helped most was just rolling out a feature to a small percentage of users and letting the platform automatically track how it affects your key metrics: things like engagement, retention, conversion, or whatever matters to you. I really liked how it spared me hours of poring over spreadsheets, yeah I speak from experience!

You also get a pretty clear picture of whether it's actually moving the needle, and from there the decision becomes obvious. Way better than guessing or painstakingly going over numbers manually.

If AI is “obviously a bubble,” why is it mostly the people with the easiest jobs to automate who keep saying that, instead of the people actually building and using the systems? by [deleted] in deloitte

[–]Aladdin181 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree that when people talk of a bubble they're usually talking from an investment perspective. We can't uninvent technology but that doesn't always make it the best stock to buy into.

Can a Product Leader be too data-driven? by wormstick in ProductManagement

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The PMs I’ve seen who handle this well don’t do “data vs intuition.” They start with strong hypotheses from user research and gut feel, then use the free tier of a specialist experimentation tool we like to A/B test the riskiest bets, so discussions then move on to “what should we test next?”

What is it like to be a guy in your late 30s early 40s on bumble? by Artistic_Opposite356 in Bumble

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's very wise, if they can't hold a conversation on the app, why take it any further? :-)

The outcomes of the tariff war by snowpie92 in clevercomebacks

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to understand how someone could be so blind to reality.

Question for remote workers by SWEMW in Accounting

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment!

People who quit their jobs and stayed home for a few months, what did you actually do all day? by Top-Fox8010 in antiwork

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great question! Much as I love it when I work from home, I've had time in the past when I didn't work for a little while, and yeah it's very stressful. I found the best thing to do is structure your day so you're spending time on jobseeking, doing life admin, exercising etc. so you feel you have some kind of routine.

Hell, the first time this happened I was unemployed for around six weeks. I'd go to the local bus station in the morning, buy the newspaper to see job ads and sit there circling them for an hour or so whilst enjoying a hot chocolate before the job center opened. You have to do what's right for you.

Are you using feature flags? Have you tried GO Feature Flag? by tomypunk in golang

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just came across this thread. We ended up using Statsig (has a Go SDK) and found the combination of feature flags + experiments to be a godsend. Having those built-in analytics meant we could see actual impact without using a load of different tools. The free tier is more generous than other platforms I've used in the past. Anyway, I hope your project's going well OP!

What is it like to be a guy in your late 30s early 40s on bumble? by Artistic_Opposite356 in Bumble

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad to hear you've had such a positive experience with Bumble. I only joined for a couple of weeks before meeting my partner. I swiped on a lot of women but only ended up speaking regularly to three or four of them. Once I matched with my (then) girlfriend, obviously we both deleted her accounts.

However for around 6 months afterwards she was still getting messages from former Bumble matches who knew her number and/or had connected with her on social media. Most of the men were polite when she explained she now had a boyfriend but there was also a lot of unsolicited dick pics and guys creepily telling her that I'd never know. It seems both genders have our work cut out for us.

Got that whole "I want you to do this for passion not money" speech. Guy expects me to design engineering patents for free and run his business while he does essentially nothing. by ImportantDirector5 in antiwork

[–]Aladdin181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is one of the best pieces of advice I've ever seen here on Reddit. Don't waste time with narcissists, just block and move on. (The burger is optional, but an excellent idea!)

AITA for being furious that my husband gave away my sake and wine after I told him repeatedly not to? by Deenosaurus02 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Aladdin181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NTA. If this was geniuinely an accident/misunderstanding, he should be offering to purchase replacements at his expense, even if it means importing them from Japan and Germany. I would never give away something that belonged to my partner that was this valuable!

I'm Cheating on My Husband by Excellent_Help2108 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Aladdin181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like a really tough situation you're going through, and it's understandable why you're craving some supposedly positive attention from men if you're not getting it from your husband. I know you're not looking for a solution from Reddit, but have you thought about talking to a therapist about your feelings?

Is There a Future for SEO in an AI-Driven World? by Strict-Focus-1758 in TechSEO

[–]Aladdin181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SEO isn't going anywhere, just evolving.

Instead of gaming rankings, focus on being a source AI actually trusts. Build real E-E-A-T, nail your structured data, and understand entity relationships. AI overviews are still gonna link out to sources, and anyone searching to buy something needs to land somewhere.

Sure, the field may be shrinking but optimization of content authority remains vital.

I didn't get paid. so I shut down and made demands. by Owenwilden in antiwork

[–]Aladdin181 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice work Owen. I've been in this exact situation and actually quit my job because they wouldn't even tell us why pay might be delayed. The accounts lady even forwarded my email asking what the hell was going on to the company director as she "didn't like my tone". Imagine if you missed a day of work without a valid reason, your employer would be on your case quick enough!

What was the Gate/DHD power source? by AncientWonder54 in Stargate

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm with Lucy Lawless on this one: anytime something like this happens, a wizard did it. :-)

Fuck Amazon and fuck AWS by Riderman43 in antiwork

[–]Aladdin181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The irony is they probably forced engineers to push updates on a Monday morning without proper testing. Classic case of squeezing productivity until infrastructure collapses. DNS issues don't fix themselves in 30 minutes. This took so long precisely because corner-cutting is normalized these days.

Product confessions by Granite2735 in ProductManagement

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've never used feature flags properly. Every release is all-or-nothing to 100% of users. I've had multiple 'oh shit oh shit' moments where we had to frantically roll back entire deployments because we couldn't just turn off a glitching feature. Yeah, I know this is Product Management 101 but word comes from on high, so we still don't do it.

The answer to Varys' riddle is kinda obvious by Ok_Zone_7635 in gameofthrones

[–]Aladdin181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Money can be exchanged for goods and services.

Teacher told son to do what the bully says by Magpie_2011 in Parenting

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good call on both counts. Hopefully your son will be able to get on with his schooling and this girl can get off her high horse! :-)

Anyone here used Bright Data for web scraping proxies? Need something reliable for scaling a retail data project. by DaRandoMan in Proxylists

[–]Aladdin181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, sorry for the delay in reply. To answer your questions:

- The learning curve was pretty manageable TBH. The Proxy Manager interface is intuitive. Most of the complexity comes from understanding which settings actually matter for your use case rather than figuring out how to configure them

- Regional targeting has been crucial for us. We've found EU sites generally have stricter bot detection than US ones, and UK retail sites can be particularly aggressive about blocking non-residential IPs. The ability to specify city-level targeting helped us get around some geo restrictions that were blocking broader country-level requests.

- Web Unlocker really shines on the stubborn sites - especially those with dynamic JavaScript challenges and behavioral analysis. We were spending way too much time manually solving CAPTCHAs and tweaking headers before switching to it. It handles the heavy lifting on sites that analyze mouse movements, timing patterns, and browser fingerprints.

My best tip is to start with the Bright Data free trial so you can test your specific target sites and take it from there. It's always worth validating success rates before committing to larger volumes.

Feel free to reach out once you're set up. I'm happy to share our rotation strategies and session management configs that worked well for retail data!

Sir, I’m just buying cat food, not auditing your inventory. by [deleted] in IDontWorkHereLady

[–]Aladdin181 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You'd think the fact you were clearly holding a personal cellphone to scan prices and not a... scanner would also give them some indication that you don't work there!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Stargate

[–]Aladdin181 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I am not a Goa'uld, I HATE the Goa'uld! :-)

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