Journal

Field notes we would still stand behind in a sceptical review.

These essays come out of benches, not out of content calendars. They assume you already plot return. They argue about how the plot is allowed to change a decision.

Printed charts and notes on a desk
May 2026

Survival curves without the theatre

Kaplan–Meier can be honest about product return. It can also hide uninstalls, shared devices, and a definition of “still here” that marketing wrote. A reading guide from the flagship bench.

Night market street in Thailand
February 2026

Day-7 windows and Thai marketplaces

A week is not a natural unit when payday, tourism, and monsoon delivery delays all move the same metric. Why Bangkok teams keep inheriting a Silicon Valley window.

Close-up of a calculator and financial notes
November 2025

Holdout cells when your sample is small

What to randomise when weekly actives will not fund the test you sketched. Store clusters, listing groups, and the sentence you owe finance when you refuse to ship.

Laptop on a desk with coffee during instrumentation work
August 2025

Instrument before you experiment

The unfashionable order of operations: name the event, freeze the cohort, then argue about creative. Written after too many benches started on a broken tracking plan.