Telemetry: The Precursor to High Performance

I disagree greatly with this. There is so much Open Source software that achieves high performance without telemetry, and this assumption that all businesses have to implement it is an insult to me, the customer.

> A lot of founders avoid telemetry because it’s radically honest.

"Radical honesty" is a horseshoe euphemism for "lying to your customers", the way you're phrasing it.

> They’re worried about a dip or negative trend making them or their team look bad to investors.

Seems like a valid concern.

> But trying to hold your business accountable without sophisticated metrics is like an F1 driver trying to win a race by relying on only an odometer for their speed.

No, not really. It's more like an F1 driver saying they can't win their race until they see the speed of every other car at the same time, which is arguably quite redundant and useless if they can already measure their own car.

This is a weak defense of telemetry.