As a person who has done this accidentally, I can offer an alternate opinion. First, you learn about a cool new thing, understand it and it's limitations well,

As a person who has done this accidentally, I can offer an alternate opinion. First, you learn about a cool new thing, understand it and it's limitations well, and advocate it as an improvement: https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2012/bandit_algorithms_vs_ab.html https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2012/bandit_algorithms_vs... Sometime later, you realize that people are using it well beyond it's domain of usefulness and "backpedal", i.e. try to make sure the limitations are also well known: https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2015/dont_use_bandits.html https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2015/dont_use_bandits.htm...