Forget Evals for a Second: Inspect 10 Traces First, Says Hamel Husain
hugobowne · x · 2026-09-04
Two more clips from Hugo Bowne's thread: 1) "Forget evals for a second" — inspect 10 traces, and the nasty failures you uncover will tell you what your evals should measure. 2) Your product design determines the eval data you get — make outputs easy to verify and the product starts collecting better signals: user feedback, labels, and easier-to-classify errors.
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