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Building Dev and Test Sets Before Real Users Exist

Before a product is released, there may be no genuine user data yet for development and test evaluation. In that situation, the best approach is to build proxy sets that resemble the data expected after launch. For example, if a plant-identification app will be used outdoors on phones, the team could collect photos from volunteers using varied lighting, distances, and camera quality rather than relying on polished studio images. The goal is to approximate the future distribution as closely as possible, even though it will not be exact.

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Updated 2026-08-12

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