Software at Scale · 2023-06-13 · 49 min
Abi Noda is the CEO and co-founder of DX , a developer productivity platform. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts My view on developer experience and productivity measurement aligns extremely closely with DX’s view. The productivity of a group of engineers cannot be measured by tools alone - there’s too many qualitative factors like cross-functional stakeholder beuracracy or inefficiency, and inherent domain/codebase complexity that cannot be measured by tools. At the same time, there are some metrics, like whether an engineer has committed any code-changes in their first week/month, that serve as useful guardrails for engineering leadership. A combination of tools and metrics may provide the holistic view and insights into the engineering organization’s throughput. In this episode, we discuss the DX platform, and Abi’s recently published research paper on developer experience . We talk about how organizations can use tools and surveys to iterate and improve upon developer experience, and ultimately, engineering throughput.
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