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Why AI Productivity Gains Disappear From Your Velocity Chart
August 26, 2026

Why AI Productivity Gains Disappear From Your Velocity Chart

AI made your team faster, then velocity went flat again. Story points re-anchor to the team's own speed — here's why the gain vanishes and how to fix it.

AI made your team faster, then velocity went flat again. Story points re-anchor to the team's own speed — here's why the gain vanishes and how to fix it.

The Best AI Workflow We Found Wasn’t Coding.
August 17, 2026

The Best AI Workflow We Found Wasn’t Coding.

What if the best use of AI in software engineering isn’t writing code? Discover why debugging, research, and understanding emerged as the highest-value AI workflows in our engineering study.

What if the best use of AI in software engineering isn’t writing code? Discover why debugging, research, and understanding emerged as the highest-value AI workflows in our engineering study.

AI Generated ~14% Productivity Gains. Only ~6% Reached Delivery Outcomes. We Asked 250 Engineers Why.
August 3, 2026

AI Generated ~14% Productivity Gains. Only ~6% Reached Delivery Outcomes. We Asked 250 Engineers Why.

How do you measure the real impact of AI in software engineering? This case study introduces Agentic Experience (AX), revealing why AI-generated productivity gains often disappear through review, validation, and rework before reaching production.

How do you measure the real impact of AI in software engineering? This case study introduces Agentic Experience (AX), revealing why AI-generated productivity gains often disappear through review, validation, and rework before reaching production.

Task Sizing: DevEx Survey Questions to Help Teams Break Work Into Smaller Steps
July 9, 2026

Task Sizing: DevEx Survey Questions to Help Teams Break Work Into Smaller Steps

Here are 14 deep dive questions you can ask your developers to uncover the causes of friction in task batching, along with guidance on how to interpret the results, common patterns engineering teams encounter, and practical first steps for improvement.

Here are 14 deep dive questions you can ask your developers to uncover the causes of friction in task batching, along with guidance on how to interpret the results, common patterns engineering teams encounter, and practical first steps for improvement.

We Don’t Run DevEx Surveys. We Run a Delivery Improvement System.
July 3, 2026

We Don’t Run DevEx Surveys. We Run a Delivery Improvement System.

Learn how Developer Experience surveys help engineering organizations uncover delivery friction, identify root causes, prioritize improvements, and turn developer feedback into measurable delivery outcomes across teams.

Learn how Developer Experience surveys help engineering organizations uncover delivery friction, identify root causes, prioritize improvements, and turn developer feedback into measurable delivery outcomes across teams.