Just shipped a side-by-side comparison view to our app Two engineers asked for it independently within a week, which I've learned is the actual signal.
The 'two engineers ask independently' rule is the closest thing to a real signal in product work. Most of the 16.3 redesign came from that exact signal repeated three times.
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Two independent asks is the signal, yeah. We just shipped one of those too — the third would've been someone yelling at us.