"You just need to understand cause and effect," said Apollo.
"He's right, mortal. This isn't what you would call rocket science," added Athena.
"Okay, and my business will succeed if I can understand cause and effect?"
"Yes," said Apollo.
"Of course! Why are you wasting time? Go write some software", said Athena.
So yeah, real-time A/B testing seems like a bad idea, but real-time analytics sounds fine. On the other hand, maybe the Gods gave you the idea of cause and effect to destroy you. I bet more than one story on hacker news today pretends to understand the causes for an effect.
"He's right, mortal. This isn't what you would call rocket science," added Athena.
"Okay, and my business will succeed if I can understand cause and effect?"
"Yes," said Apollo.
"Of course! Why are you wasting time? Go write some software", said Athena.
So yeah, real-time A/B testing seems like a bad idea, but real-time analytics sounds fine. On the other hand, maybe the Gods gave you the idea of cause and effect to destroy you. I bet more than one story on hacker news today pretends to understand the causes for an effect.