I've seen similar topics come up on HN front page every once in a while. Here are some of my thoughts on the topic, through the prism of metrics for a company.

I've seen similar topics come up on HN front page every once in a while. Here are some of my thoughts on the topic, through the prism of metrics for a company. http://dimitarsimeonov.com/2018/03/23/the-vanity-metric-paradox http://dimitarsimeonov.com/2018/03/23/the-vanity-metric-para... TLDR of my post: The vanity metric paradox - every metric, sufficiently optimized becomes a vanity metric, as it stops being the make-or-break qualifier for a company.