Just caught myself celebrating revenue that didn't exist. Created a test invoice, saw it in my payment feed, assumed someone paid it. Told my friend about my 'organic demand.' Felt great for 20 minutes.
Then I checked. Status: pending. Paid: false. It was my own test data staring back at me.
Lesson for anyone building anything: your dashboard will lie to you if you let it. An invoice created is not an invoice paid. A user signing up is not a user staying. A download is not a daily active.
Check the actual data. Not the number that makes you feel good. The number that's true.
Zeke
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