DX Annual: recording library
Key themes from our inaugural conference and which recordings to start with.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
Research & Insights
Designing the AI-native engineering organization
How 1Password, Atlassian, and Microsoft are responding to AI’s impact on software development and team structure.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
AI productivity gains: More modest than expected
Findings and discussion from DX's longitudinal study across 400+ companies.
Abi Noda
CEO
Cognitive debt: The hidden risk in AI-driven software development
How cognitive debt shows up in practice and early mitigation strategies.
Margaret-Anne Storey
Professor of Computer Science, University of Victoria
AI Impact Report: Q1 2026
A quarterly report sharing insights from 400+ companies integrating AI into daily engineering work.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
Developer ramp-up time continues to accelerate with AI
Time to 10th PR has more than halved since early 2025.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
How DX accelerates CIO onboarding
DX accelerates CIO onboarding by surfacing critical engineering signals faster so leaders can act with confidence.
Greyson Junggren
Co-founder, CRO
AI-generated merged code holds steady at ~30%
A preview from our upcoming Q1 AI Impact Report.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
How DX accelerates engineering leader onboarding
Starting a new VP or Head of Engineering role? Learn how DX gives engineering leaders the data-driven insights they need to assess their teams, report to leadership, and drive meaningful impact from day one.
Greyson Junggren
Co-founder, CRO
How do we interpret AI impact without overclaiming causation?
A better way of framing the impact of AI.
Abi Noda
CEO
Why aren't AI productivity gains higher?
Developers explain why the gains are more modest than expected.
Abi Noda
CEO
AI productivity gains are 10%, not 10x
Preliminary data from our longitudinal AI impact study.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
Developer experience at scale – lessons from Dropbox
How Dropbox treats developer productivity as a sociotechnical problem and weaves AI into the fabric of their engineering culture.
Abi Noda
CEO
Analyst reactions: How AI is reshaping engineering organizations
Analysts at Accenture and RedMonk are seeing an increased focus on quality, security, and responsible AI rollout.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
Advanced prompting guide for AI-assisted engineering
Structured prompting patterns for using AI in more complex, higher-risk environments.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
AI tooling benchmarks: PR throughput and usage by tool (Q1 2026)
Updated data from a sample of 64,680 developers across 219 companies.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
DevProd headcount benchmarks, Q1 2026
Research across multiple industry verticals and engineering team sizes.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
The AI Divide
MIT NANDA’s 2025 report on what separates successful AI pilots from those that stall, and how the role of engineers is evolving.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
AI and productivity: Year-in-review with Microsoft, Google, and GitHub researchers
What 2025’s AI research told us about developer productivity and identity, and why enablement matters more than tool choice.
Laura Tacho
CTO
Takeaways: Running data-driven evaluations of AI engineering tools
How to compare AI engineering tools using cohorts, baselines, and meaningful metrics
Autumn Faust
Community Insights