Field notes

Short writing from the desk, not a content mill.

Occasional essays on Executive App Reporting Analytics. We publish when a cohort keeps tripping over the same slide.

Office at night with glowing data screens

12 March 2026

When DAU stops helping

Daily active users remain the default executive slide. For most subscription and marketplace apps here, that slide now hides the only numbers that matter.

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Notebook with hand-drawn charts and a pen

2 February 2026

Anatomy of a board appendix

What belongs in an app metrics appendix, what we keep deleting, and why page four is usually where honesty starts.

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Bangkok skyline with elevated roads at dusk

18 January 2026

Operating review cadence in Thailand

Week boundaries, public holidays, and why many Bangkok product groups run the review on Thursday, not Monday.

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Person working on a laptop at a home table

9 December 2025

Retention without the hockey stick

How to tell a retention story when growth is lumpy, seasonal, or simply not a consumer social app.

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