Your Product Design Determines the Eval Data You Get
hugobowne · x · 2026-09-04
In Hugo Browne's thread on Hamel Husain's eval advice (point 7): your product design determines the eval data you get. Make the output easy to verify and the product starts collecting better signals — user feedback, labels, and errors that are easier to classify. Builds on point 6: a 52-page generated report is eval mush; decompose it into inspectable units like fact-finding and contradiction detection.
Related event: Hamel Husain: Don't Build AI Products If You Won't Inspect Your Own Data(12 posts)→
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