The pendulum has swung too far. We quantify everything now, chasing numbers to the point of losing our sense of quality and craftsmanship. There's a huge differ

The pendulum has swung too far. We quantify everything now, chasing numbers to the point of losing our sense of quality and craftsmanship. There's a huge difference between "going with your gut" and the ability to assess, qualify, and reason about something. To understand how and why something works or doesn't. Whether from first principles or experience. Numbers provide a happy path for consensus. If the "why" of your project is to please as many people as possible, then web analytics probably works great. I'm not arguing they're categorically useless, only trying to surface the unspoken costs I see bear out in our industry from relying on them so heavily.