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How to be the go-to engineer for product analytics

Mixpanel

The point is that some of these might be catchable by non-technical team members whose job it is to analyze the data, but a lot of cases could only ever be noticed by someone who understands how the implementation actually works on a technical level: an engineer like yourself. Keep the product folks technically up-to-date.

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Why it’s never too early to add product analytics to your app

Mixpanel

At the same time, when you review the product analytics, you notice four out of five are using the biggest feature incorrectly. Joseph is the founder of App Boss , a knowledge source for idea people (with little or no tech background) to turn their apps into viable businesses.

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Data thinking vs. product thinking

Mixpanel

UX design, branding, feature-set, nuanced differences in user perspectives, and a million other variables can impact (with varying levels of influence) whether our products get used or ignored. Joseph is the founder of App Boss , a knowledge source for idea people (with little or no tech background) to turn their apps into viable businesses.

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Always implement analytics as part of feature development. Here’s why.

Mixpanel

This means that when they finally start testing analytics, they need to do additional work to get themselves back in the headspace of the feature’s requirements and how it works, just like the engineers implementing the feature in the first place. Engineers are technical. This is a multi-team waste fest!

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User friction can sink your app. Here’s what it is and how to avoid it.

Mixpanel

Bad user experience (UX) design is a big source of user friction, but it’s not the whole story. Sure, if your user interface disregards UX best practices and is actively difficult to use, you’ll have so much user friction that you will abdicate the privilege of having users. Your UX design needs to be clear and to the point.