A/B testing
also referred to as: a-b testing
9 statements across 8 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Aug 24, 2018 by Heather Fernandez · across every show →
Everything said about A/B testing, oldest first
Aug 24, 2018 negative
Fernandez: Early-stage startups lack the traffic required for effective A/B testing
“There's this narrative that a company should come in and beta test everything and AB test everything. Let me tell you something. It's a lot better. You are at millions of visits per month or fifty million per month versus when you only have five or 10 or 20 or…”
Mar 23, 2022 neutral
Mar 23, 2022 negative
May 18, 2022
Oct 7, 2022
Kevin Weil: A/B testing is orthogonal to product boldness
“Testing doesn't mean timidity. You can always use the fact that you're testing something and you can run an AB test to test something, 99% and have a one percent hold back. You don't have to test one percent in Australia, right? Testing gives you data. You can…”
Feb 14, 2024
Oct 18, 2024 negative
Aug 29, 2025 negative
James: Major capabilities beat A/B testing at $30B-$40B transaction scale
“As much as A-B testing and like high velocity optimizations feel like progress, and to some extent they will be, when you're at a business of that scale where we're talking like 30 to forty billion in gross transaction volume, the only thing that really moves …”