What Your AI Coding Tool Gets Wrong About Analytics
Ask Cursor or Claude Code to 'add analytics' and you'll usually get Google Analytics, a deprecated library, or nothing at all. Here's why — and what to do instead.
Read post →Practical guides and honest comparisons for privacy-friendly analytics — GA alternatives, multi-site pricing, and workflows for developers who build with AI. Start here whether you're switching from Google Analytics or wiring analytics into an AI-built app.
Ask Cursor or Claude Code to 'add analytics' and you'll usually get Google Analytics, a deprecated library, or nothing at all. Here's why — and what to do instead.
Read post →Analytics for developers who build with AI — connect Cursor, Claude Code, and Windsurf via MCP. Install once, ask why traffic moved, get numbers attached.
Read post →Analytics tools have had 15 years to make setup easy. They haven't. Here's what keeps going wrong — and why the problem is structural, not cosmetic.
Read post →Compare Plausible, Fathom, Umami, Simple Analytics, and Antlytics — privacy-friendly analytics, multi-site pricing, no lockouts, and MCP for AI coding tools.
Read post →How to add privacy-friendly analytics to a SvelteKit project. SvelteKit's routing needs a specific approach.
Read post →Not every pageview is a real person. How to spot and deal with bot traffic and referrer spam in your analytics data.
Read post →How to track newsletter signup page performance. Your landing page is your funnel — track it properly.
Read post →Your analytics data tells different stories depending on the time window you choose. Here's how to pick the right date range and spot real trends vs noise.
Read post →Show your audience real traffic numbers. How indie developers use analytics as a build-in-public tool.
Read post →Are there good reasons to stay on GA4? Honest answer: yes. Here's when Google Analytics is actually the better tool.
Read post →No code required — just Project Settings. Here's how to add privacy-friendly analytics to a Webflow site.
Read post →Antlytics originally billed in Australian dollars. Here's why we moved to USD pricing, and what it means for Australian users.
Read post →Your launch day analytics tell you more than any other day. Here's what to watch, when to watch it, and what to do with what you see.
Read post →Four integration methods, each with different trade-offs. Here's how to choose the right one for your stack.
Read post →Your hosting platform offers analytics. But should you use them? When independent analytics gives you more control.
Read post →A script tag in your theme is simpler than a plugin. Here's how to add privacy-friendly analytics to WordPress without installing a plugin.
Read post →Your analytics dashboard tells you what to write next. Here's how to use traffic data to improve your blog content.
Read post →Ship it, track it, demo it with real numbers. Why analytics belong in every hackathon project.
Read post →Per-site pricing adds up. Here's what changes when you switch from a per-site plan to flat-rate multi-site analytics.
Read post →Understand where your traffic comes from. UTM parameters explained with practical examples.
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