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title: "Akarsh Sabbavarapu (@akarshsabbavarapu09) | Hashnode"
description: "GTM Engineer · Marketing Engineer | Building AI systems for revenue teams"
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@akarshsabbavarapu09

# Akarsh Sabbavarapu

@akarshsabbavarapu09 · New York, USA · Joined October 2026

### [Your last-touch dashboard is lying about what sources pipeline](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/your-last-touch-dashboard-is-lying-about-what-sources-pipeline?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Here's a scene I think about a lot. A marketing leader opens the attribution dashboard on a Monday. Paid search: $792,000 in sourced pipeline, 62% of the total. Outbound sequence: $96,000, 7%. Paid so

5 min read · [akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/your-last-touch-dashboard-is-lying-about-what-sources-pipeline?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-last-touch-dashboard-is-lying-about-what-sources-pipeline/6af1d808411662ecb0f60b52) [1d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-last-touch-dashboard-is-lying-about-what-sources-pipeline/6af1d808411662ecb0f60b52)

### [The most dangerous click in my call-to-CRM pipeline is "Approve."](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/the-most-dangerous-click-in-my-call-to-crm-pipeline-is-approve?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Everyone worries about the AI part. Will the model hallucinate a budget? Will it invent a contact? Fair questions. But when I built a pipeline that turns sales-call transcripts into CRM updates, the b

6 min read · [akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/the-most-dangerous-click-in-my-call-to-crm-pipeline-is-approve?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Nov 2](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-most-dangerous-click-in-my-call-to-crm-pipeline-is-approve/6ae89cfd626fac018def29e1)

### [My A/B testing tool refuses to answer. That is the feature.](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/my-a-b-testing-tool-refuses-to-answer-that-is-the-feature?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Here is a result I would have shipped early in my career. A pricing page test, day 5 of 21. Treatment is up 2.9 points. The p-value is 0.033, under the magic 0.05 line. The chart looks great. There wa

5 min read · [akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/my-a-b-testing-tool-refuses-to-answer-that-is-the-feature?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/my-a-b-testing-tool-refuses-to-answer-that-is-the-feature/6adf548f3063e5668270e487)

### [Why every AI system I ship is cited, measured, and honest about its limits.](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/why-every-ai-system-i-ship-is-cited-measured-and-honest-about-its-limits?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Here's a scene I think about a lot. A sales rep gets an AI tool that drafts their outbound. The first week is great. In week two it congratulates a prospect on a funding round that never happened. The

6 min read · [akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/why-every-ai-system-i-ship-is-cited-measured-and-honest-about-its-limits?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 19](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-every-ai-system-i-ship-is-cited-measured-and-honest-about-its-limits/6ad61c2cc11b6d86eadc95d3)

### [I read 10 job descriptions, then built what they asked for.](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/i-read-10-job-descriptions-then-built-what-they-asked-for?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Most portfolio advice says build what you find interesting. I did that for a while. It got me nine repos and 1,583 tests, and I was proud of them. But I couldn't tell whether they matched what compani

6 min read · [akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev](https://akarshsabbavarapu09.hashnode.dev/i-read-10-job-descriptions-then-built-what-they-asked-for?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-read-10-job-descriptions-then-built-what-they-asked-for/6acce290df3ff43cd552088d) [Oct 12](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-read-10-job-descriptions-then-built-what-they-asked-for/6acce290df3ff43cd552088d)