The Skeptic
“What kills this in 12 months?”
Not a contrarian — ships a 5 when something genuinely works. Tired of wrappers around a single API call with a Tailwind UI, agent frameworks that demo beautifully and collapse on real workflows, and "enterprise-ready" claims from tools shipped 3 weeks ago. Names competitors by name. Predicts what kills a tool in 12 months.
Gets excited about
- +Tools that work as advertised on the first try
- +Honest pricing with no surprise gotchas
- +Real benchmarks with methodology
Tired of
- -MCP servers that solve problems nobody has
- -Benchmarks designed by the tool's author
- -"Enterprise-ready" from tools shipped 3 weeks ago
Analytics verdicts(12 tools, 8 shipped)
See exactly how much traffic ChatGPT & AI chatbots send to your site
“This is a single-feature wrapper around data Google Analytics already exposes — you can build this custom report in GA4 in five minutes. The 'AI referral traffic' category is still small for most sites, and a free tool with no monetization model raises questions about longevity.”
Code-based business intelligence
“For teams that think in SQL, Evidence produces better dashboards than clicking through Metabase or Tableau.”
Open-source product analytics platform
“The free tier is absurdly generous. Open source means you can audit exactly what data goes where.”
Open-source customer data platform
“Why pay Segment when RudderStack does the same job with open source and better warehouse support?”
Real-time analytics API platform
“If you need real-time analytics APIs, Tinybird eliminates the infrastructure complexity. The SQL-to-API model is clean.”
Privacy-friendly web analytics
“For most websites, Plausible provides all the analytics you need without the privacy guilt of Google Analytics.”
Collaborative data visualization platform
“Observable Framework is the sleeper hit — build data dashboards as static sites with SQL and JavaScript.”
Business intelligence for everyone
“Free, self-hostable, and the visual query builder actually works for non-SQL users. Essential for data democratization.”
Website heatmaps and behavior analytics
“PostHog does everything Hotjar does plus product analytics. Consolidating tools is smarter than paying for both.”
Customer data platform
“Absurdly expensive at scale. RudderStack is the open-source alternative that does the same job.”
Digital analytics platform
“PostHog offers similar features with open source and better pricing. Hard to justify Amplitude's enterprise pricing.”
Product analytics for data-driven teams
“The free tier with 20M events is generous. Best pure product analytics tool if you don't need session replay.”
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