Evidence Based
Adjective · Hacker Culture
Definitions
Describing decisions, claims, or practices grounded in observed evidence rather than intuition, authority, or wishful thinking alone. In tech culture the phrase is often used to push teams toward experiments, metrics, and concrete examples.
In plain English: Based on real evidence rather than just opinion or guesswork.
Example: "The product debate improved once it became evidence based and people started looking at support logs and usage data instead of arguing only from personal taste."