Insights for Engineering Excellence
From AI Adoption to Agentic Experience
What Hundreds of Engineers Reveal About the Journey Toward AI-Native DeliveryWhat Hundreds of Engineers Reveal About the Journey Toward AI-Native Delivery
AI Scales Software Faster Than Teams Can Stay Aligned
Last week at the Infoshare conference, Jon Kern — co-author of the Agile Manifesto — and I opened the Tech Trends stage with a talk about how AI is changing software delivery, engineering organizations, and ultimately the meaning of agility itself.Last week at the Infoshare conference, Jon Kern — co-author of the Agile Manifesto — and I opened the Tech Trends stage with a talk about how AI is changing software delivery, engineering organizations, and ultimately the meaning of agility itself.
Monitoring: DevEx Survey Questions to Help Teams Detect and Fix Problems Before Users Notice
Use DevEx survey insights to identify monitoring gaps. Diagnose alert noise, missed signals, and slow detection before issues impact users and delay response.Use DevEx survey insights to identify monitoring gaps. Diagnose alert noise, missed signals, and slow detection before issues impact users and delay response.
Priority Clarity: DevEx Survey Questions to Help Teams Make Clear Decisions Without Guessing
Use DevEx survey insights to identify unclear priorities and decision gaps. Diagnose conflicting goals, slow decisions, and wasted time before they impact delivery.Use DevEx survey insights to identify unclear priorities and decision gaps. Diagnose conflicting goals, slow decisions, and wasted time before they impact delivery.
AI Does Not Fix Delivery. It Reveals How Your System Really Works
We can have faster and faster tools, and a slower and slower delivery system. And for quite a while, we may not even notice. Unless we use data that helps us understand how our delivery system really works. But let’s start from the beginning. To simplify: what would delivery look like if it were a snake?We can have faster and faster tools, and a slower and slower delivery system. And for quite a while, we may not even notice. Unless we use data that helps us understand how our delivery system really works. But let’s start from the beginning. To simplify: what would delivery look like if it were a snake?
Release Ease: DevEx Survey Questions to Help Teams Release Code Without Delay or Stress
Use DevEx survey insights to identify release bottlenecks. Diagnose slow deployments, manual steps, approval delays, and release friction before they impact delivery speed.Use DevEx survey insights to identify release bottlenecks. Diagnose slow deployments, manual steps, approval delays, and release friction before they impact delivery speed.
Test Quality: DevEx Survey Questions to Help Teams Catch Bugs Before Production
Use DevEx survey insights to identify gaps in test quality. Diagnose missing coverage, unreliable tests, and production bugs before they impact users.Use DevEx survey insights to identify gaps in test quality. Diagnose missing coverage, unreliable tests, and production bugs before they impact users.
Steve Yegge’s 8 Levels of AI Adoption Aren’t About Tools—They’re About How You Work
Below is a practical, engineer-facing interpretation of the levels—plus a “taste/time-horizon” perspective from my conversation with Steve, and a set of proven tips & tricks from Addy Osmani’s orchestration patterns and Steve’s own maintainer workflows.Below is a practical, engineer-facing interpretation of the levels—plus a “taste/time-horizon” perspective from my conversation with Steve, and a set of proven tips & tricks from Addy Osmani’s orchestration patterns and Steve’s own maintainer workflows.
Codebase: DevEx Survey Questions to Help Teams Find, Understand, and Change Code
Discover DevEx survey questions that help engineering teams diagnose codebase friction. Learn how to improve code discoverability, shared knowledge, and safe code changes.Discover DevEx survey questions that help engineering teams diagnose codebase friction. Learn how to improve code discoverability, shared knowledge, and safe code changes.
Software Development Is a Team Sport—Especially in the AI Era
AI coding tools are everywhere. Many teams see faster local throughput: more code drafted, more ideas explored, less friction to start.AI coding tools are everywhere. Many teams see faster local throughput: more code drafted, more ideas explored, less friction to start.
When AI writes most of the code, engineering moves up the stack
From Uber’s agent stack to OpenAI’s small teams: the new operating model for engineeringFrom Uber’s agent stack to OpenAI’s small teams: the new operating model for engineering
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.
When AI Makes Coding Fast, Delivery Gets Slow
How VPEs Break the “AI Paradox” with Orchestration and DevEx SignalsHow VPEs Break the “AI Paradox” with Orchestration and DevEx Signals
Leverage user feedback to build a culture of ownership and action
Hosted by Anita Zbieg, PhD, this session will feature industry experts Simon Boudrias (Director of Engineering at Datadog) and Jon Kern (Software Engineer, Agile Manifesto Co-author at Adaptavist). Together, they will share insights on cultivating a developer culture that is not just productive but customer-centred.Hosted by Anita Zbieg, PhD, this session will feature industry experts Simon Boudrias (Director of Engineering at Datadog) and Jon Kern (Software Engineer, Agile Manifesto Co-author at Adaptavist). Together, they will share insights on cultivating a developer culture that is not just productive but customer-centred.
Code Review Metrics – The Miro Way
How to Spot the Good and Avoid the Bad in Code Review Signals?How to Spot the Good and Avoid the Bad in Code Review Signals?
Focus and Collaborate – The Pipedrive Way
How to balance time for focused work and meetings in dev teams at scale?How to balance time for focused work and meetings in dev teams at scale?
How to elevate CI/CD efficiency & experience: Surveys, Metrics, Insights
Let’s take a holistic view of the CI/CD pipeline. It is a delivery mechanism, but its role goes beyond just building code—it also builds developers' daily experiences.Let’s take a holistic view of the CI/CD pipeline. It is a delivery mechanism, but its role goes beyond just building code—it also builds developers' daily experiences.
Delivering “User Magic” - from Experiences to Metrics & Goals
Focus on what truly matters: the users’ actual experiences and the value they gain while using your product—even down to endorphin levels. This includes those that drive reward and motivation, like clicking a link and expecting it to load instantly, as well as those that sustain long-term satisfaction. These are the experiences your software can strive to deliver and optimize for.Focus on what truly matters: the users’ actual experiences and the value they gain while using your product—even down to endorphin levels. This includes those that drive reward and motivation, like clicking a link and expecting it to load instantly, as well as those that sustain long-term satisfaction. These are the experiences your software can strive to deliver and optimize for.
Clear the Roadblocks Dev Teams Face
How to Turn Developer Experience [DevEx] Insights into ActionsHow to Turn Developer Experience [DevEx] Insights into Actions
Beyond the Code
How Senior Tech Pros View Developer Experience and Delivery ChallengesHow Senior Tech Pros View Developer Experience and Delivery Challenges
80% of developers are not happy at work. Why? What makes them happy?
Only one in five professional developers are happy with their current job. Stack Overflow asked over 65,000 developers whether they were satisfied with their current role. Only 20% chose the option "happy at work".Only one in five professional developers are happy with their current job. Stack Overflow asked over 65,000 developers whether they were satisfied with their current role. Only 20% chose the option "happy at work".
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Enabling Developer Experience [DevEx]: The Role of Deep Work and Collaboration
Traditionally, tech companies have measured developer productivity by tracking the flow of work through the delivery process—from writing code to getting it reviewed, merged, and released into production. However, a new approach is gaining traction: measuring Developer Experience (DevEx).Traditionally, tech companies have measured developer productivity by tracking the flow of work through the delivery process—from writing code to getting it reviewed, merged, and released into production. However, a new approach is gaining traction: measuring Developer Experience (DevEx).
Cut interruptions to avoid context switching and secure deep work for your engineers
Working in a multitasking environment makes it challenging to deal with context switching on a daily basis, and developers are no exception.Working in a multitasking environment makes it challenging to deal with context switching on a daily basis, and developers are no exception.
Collaborating between the DX and Employee Experience (EX)
Collaborating between the DX and Employee Experience (EX) teams seems a great opportunity to exchange data and best practices to boost both performance and engagement.Collaborating between the DX and Employee Experience (EX) teams seems a great opportunity to exchange data and best practices to boost both performance and engagement.
