Characterizing a high-functioning team
Developers on high-functioning teams are more productive, satisfied, and confident in their team’s ability to ship high-quality work quickly.
Abi Noda
CEO
Research & Insights
Driving AI tool adoption — Lessons from Microsoft
SPACE co-author Brian Houck shares proven tactics for moving the needle on AI adoption.
Kali Watkins
Product Marketing
What we learned from Netflix, Pinterest, and Dropbox about measuring developer productivity
A behind-the-scenes look at how engineering leaders at Netflix, Indeed, Twilio, Pinterest, and Dropbox are redefining developer productivity.
Justin Reock
Deputy CTO
Can LLMs earn $1M from real freelance coding work?
A new benchmark tests AI’s ability to complete real-world software engineering tasks.
Abi Noda
CEO
5 interesting learnings from Revenue per Engineer data at 300+ companies
Top-performing companies see $1.5M+ Revenue per Engineer.
Abi Noda
CEO
The gap between developers’ ideal and actual workdays
How developers allocate their time and where AI can help.
Abi Noda
CEO
Three ways DevEx initiatives fail before they even get started
There are three consistent mistakes that undermine DevEx efforts, regardless of company size or technical stack.
Laura Tacho
CTO
AI-assisted development is the future—but productivity matters more than ever
AI-assisted development is reshaping software engineering, but mastering productivity measurement will determine who thrives and who falls behind.
Abi Noda
CEO
When leaders disagree with their developers
What should you do when leaders and developers see productivity differently? Start here.
Abi Noda
CEO
Operationalizing developer productivity metrics
How to integrate metrics into teams’ decision-making processes.
Laura Tacho
CTO
Backstage is dominating the developer portal market
Analysis of the IDP landscape.
Abi Noda
CEO
Attending an academic research conference
Learn about ICSE, the premier software engineering research conference.
Abi Noda
CEO
Thinking beyond quarterly developer surveys
The most useful feedback we can get from developers happens when and where the work is getting done.
Laura Tacho
CTO
Accelerating engineering velocity at Block
Block's vision and roadmap for driving engineering velocity.
Abi Noda
CEO
Google’s principles for measuring developer productivity
“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” How Google makes sure their models for measuring productivity are useful and not problematic.
Abi Noda
CEO
Performance reviews don't improve performance. So why do we do them?
Leaders of high performing teams already know that performance management should be something that's done every day, not something that's batched up and done quarterly.
Laura Tacho
CTO
Rolling out developer productivity metrics
A guide to change management and comms.
Abi Noda
CEO
Google’s framework for defining and measuring software quality
Google defines software quality as including four types: process quality, code quality, system quality, and product quality.
Abi Noda
CEO
The two design flaws that make your metrics easy to game
If you worry about people gaming the system, remember: it's a problem with the system, not with the people
Laura Tacho
CTO
Measuring developer productivity: A clear-eyed view with Kent Beck
Kent Beck grilled me on Goodhart’s Law, benchmarks, and the purpose of measurement.
Abi Noda
CEO