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Measuring the impact of AI on software engineering – with Laura Tacho
Laura Tacho, CTO of DX, shares findings from 180+ companies on how AI is really impacting dev productivity, what most teams get wrong, and why measuring…
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Gergely Orosz
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Developer productivity with Dr. Nicole Forsgren (creator of DORA, co-creator of SPACE)
Nicole is one of the foremost experts in developer productivity, and author of the book Accelerate. She details how to think about, measure & improve…
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Gergely Orosz
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Inside Stripe’s Engineering Culture: Part 2
Stripe is one of the world’s largest online payment companies. This article is a deep dive into its engineering culture: operational excellence, API…
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Measuring Developer Productivity: Real-World Examples
A deepdive into developer productivity metrics used by Google, LinkedIn, Peloton, Amplitude, Intercom, Notion, Postman, and 10 other tech companies
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Gergely Orosz
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Abi Noda
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Stacked Diffs (and why you should know about them)
Meta and Google have been using stacking for closer to a decade: a coding workflow that is very efficient for small PRs. So what is stacking, and how…
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Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey, Part 2
The consultancy giant has devised a methodology they claim can measure software developer productivity. But that measurement comes at a high price – and…
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Kent Beck
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Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey
The consulting firm came up with a methodology they claim can measure software developer productivity. But that measurement comes at a high price – and…
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Kent Beck
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A new way to measure developer productivity – from the creators of DORA and SPACE
An exclusive interview with the four researchers behind a new developer productivity framework: The three dimensions of DevEx
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Gergely Orosz
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The Full Circle of Developer Productivity with Steve Yegge
Where does Steve’s passion for developer tools come from? He talked through his career and learnings, and threw in a few stories that hadn’t been…
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Gergely Orosz
Measuring Engineering Efficiency at LinkedIn
Learnings and insights from a principal engineer at LinkedIn and veteran of developer tools and productivity, Max Kanat-Alexander.
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Gergely Orosz
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How Uber is Measuring Engineering Productivity
Inside Uber’s launch of the Eng Dashboard. How do engineers and managers feel about this new tool, and which metrics does it track?
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Gergely Orosz
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Measuring Software Engineering Productivity
How do you measure developer productivity, how are DORA and SPACE related, and some hard-learned lessons on this topic.
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