This article is part three of three on the boom in platform engineering and its role in supporting a streamlined, positive developer experience. In a perfect world, the developer experience would be on that is completely free of obstacles. In the previous articles in this series, I argued that supporting and improving the developer experience […]
Looking to the Future of Developer Experience
Developer experience is where it’s at! Developer experience (DX) means taking a user experience approach to the developer journey. DX (also abbreviated as DevEx) is commonly applied to areas like documentation, sandbox environments, SDK ergonomics and more. By improving a developer’s experience with a tool, software providers can increase stickiness and retain more users. Nowadays, […]
Understanding the Importance of Developer Experience
If you’re creating a developer tool, you’re bound to run into this dilemma—you know the inner workings of it really well, but others don’t. And without solid documentation and samples to follow, it can be challenging for another person to get started. Friction with the tools we use can contribute to burnout, inhibit creativity and […]
Successful Digital Transformation Starts With Developers
Digital transformation (DX) continues to be a primary focus as companies both large and small look to become more agile, improve and accelerate the delivery of product and service offerings and enhance data-driven business decisions. The C-suite typically leans on IT departments and developers to champion such transformations, designing the software and tools that will […]
How DevOps Can Help You Thrive in Your DX Journey
Digital transformation (DX) continues to be top of mind for leaders who are working to find new ways to improve their business outcomes and take full advantage of the new technologies and techniques that are now available. One topic continues to be consistent with these thoughts: DevOps. DevOps is enabling business leaders to look at […]
Don’t Make Me Code Podcast: A New Heavybit Series on Developer Experience
Welcome to Don’t Make Me Code, a new podcast that discusses developer experience design and the unique challenges you face when building developer facing products. Don’t Make Me Code is hosted by Steve Boak, co-founder and CPO at Opsee, and David Dollar, co-founder and CEO at Convox. This podcast is brought to you by Heavybit, a […]