It's already been two weeks since Sentitrac's beta...

It's already been two weeks since Sentitrac's beta went live; crazy how fast time flies!" "" "Supporting the first few subscribers and continuing to build out Sentitrac has been full of exciting lessons. For example, the benefit of doing things rested, or more so the dangers of working when tired. As I was launching the beta, I sent out an email to the list I've started growing over the past couple of months. Seeing the email in one of my inboxes, I thought I was good to go, and then shut my laptop for the night -- it was time for bed!" "" "In the morning, I check how things are going, only to realize I hadn't sent the email to the list, only to myself using the test command I'd been using. Oops! Lesson: for essential communications to users, send it a bit later when mentally fresh to double check everything looks right." "" "Another interesting finding was that A/B testing and feature flagging services, like Optimizely, LaunchDarkly, etc., are unsuited for a brand-new product like mine. I tried finding pricing for a handful of these services, and they all required meetings to discuss details of my business to get to a quote." "" "While frustrating, there is a good reason that I only realized after going through all of this: to properly A/B test new features, there needs to be a minimum level of traffic. If there's only a handful of users, like the situation today with Sentitrac, an A/B test will not have any statistical significance." "" "The lesson here is simple: I must return to A/B testing once I have more users! On that note, Sentitrac beta is live @ ndricks.com, and player sentiment will be coming out next week; subscribe now for 30 days free, and secure your early bird discount for our full launch later this summer!

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