Metrics that matter pt. 3
The developer productivity metrics you should measure. This next metric is an important one. Developer sentiment Now... This isn't some touchy-feely nonsense metric. Developer sentiment is far more than that.…
Metrics that matter pt. 2
The developer productivity metrics you should measure. The next metric for this series is: developer focus time. Focus time is a premium commodity for devs. Developers are constantly bombarded with…
Metrics that matter pt. 1
The developer productivity metrics you should measure. This is a short series of some important developer productivity metrics. These will give you important insights into how your engineering team us…
Simple yet effective
What if your engineers knew exactly where to find information? What if they could go to a centralized place when they have a question or need to review documentation? Let's…
Balancing new features with stability
For high growth SaaS companies, the pressure to release new features is immense. But. You still need to maintain stability and can't risk a costly outage. You need a way…
Finding standardization zen
We can't standardize because it will squash innovation! Have you heard this before? I have... A lot. On the flip side, having no standards in place is chaos. So where…
Experience first, productivity second
How can you improve developer productivity without knowing their pain? A lot is expected from developers these days. Everything has a "...as code" suffix: Infrastructure as code, Configuration as code,…
Have cake AND eat it??
How can you enhance developer productivity while maintaining development velocity? The benefits sound great: faster feature delivery, higher retention, engineering efficiency, lower tech debt, and so on. But dedicating engineers…
Mo money mo problems
As your business expands, so do the challenges - if software engineering doesn't expand with it. Things might have gone great in the beginning. Customers are pouring in and the…
Three steps to getting funding for Developer Experience
If you're focusing on enabling engineers here is how to get executive buy-in. Starting a team dedicated to improving software development is a big task. It can be difficult to…