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A weekly podcast focused on developer productivity and the teams and leaders dedicated to improving it.
Hosted by Abi Noda
Founder and CEO of DX
FEATURED EPISODES
August 2, 2023
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43

How Google Measures Developer Productivity | Ciera Jaspan, Collin Green (Google)

Ciera and Collin give an inside look at how the engineering productivity research team works, how they measure developer productivity, and more.

May 17, 2023
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38

A new way to measure developer productivity | A special episode with Laura Tacho and Abi Noda

Abi Noda and Laura Tacho discuss a new paper on measuring developer productivity from the creators of DORA and SPACE.

November 28, 2022
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23

A deep-dive on real-time feedback and personalized surveys | Max Kanat-Alexander, Or Michael Berlowitz (LinkedIn)

How LinkedIn's Developer Productivity and Happiness organization measures developer engagement and productivity.

MORE EPISODES
August 23, 2023
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45

Leading Platform Engineering at Trivago | Thomas Khalil (Trivago)

How Trivago's platform organization is structured, the tactics they use to increase awareness of their work, and how they demonstrate their impact.

August 16, 2023
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44

Enabling Teams to Drive Their Own Productivity Improvements | Jenny McClain (Toast)

Jenny McClain shares how Toast enables individual teams to drive their own productivity improvements through a program they call "community-driven enablement."

August 2, 2023
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43

How Google Measures Developer Productivity | Ciera Jaspan, Collin Green (Google)

Ciera and Collin give an inside look at how the engineering productivity research team works, how they measure developer productivity, and more.

July 12, 2023
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42

A customer service approach to improving DevEx | Jason Kennedy (One Medical)

How Jason and his Engineering Experience team at One Medical deeply understand their customers through a practice called “Gemba” and developer surveys.

June 13, 2023
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41

Behind the scenes with Extend’s developer experience team | Matthew Schrepel and Luke Patterson (Extend)

An inside look at a DevEx team that’s ahead of the curve in terms of their scope, impact on the organization, and visibility at the executive level.

June 7, 2023
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40

Platform teams vs. enabling teams | Manuel Pais (Team Topologies)

Manuel Pais shares how he views the strategy behind investing in platform or in enabling work, as well as how both types of work look when done well.

May 24, 2023
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39

A close look at Peloton’s developer experience survey | Thansha Sadacharam (Peloton)

Thansha Sadacharam walks us through the journey of designing, rolling out, and maintaining Peloton's developer experience survey.

May 17, 2023
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38

A new way to measure developer productivity | A special episode with Laura Tacho and Abi Noda

Abi Noda and Laura Tacho discuss a new paper on measuring developer productivity from the creators of DORA and SPACE.

May 2, 2023
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37

The developer experience of building a database | Tara Hernandez (MongoDB, Google)

Tara Hernandez guides us through what it’s like to develop, test, and release changes at MongoDB, and also explains how the company invests in developer productivity more broadly.

April 26, 2023
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36

How teams use productivity metrics at LinkedIn | Max Kanat-Alexander (LinkedIn, Google)

An inside look at LinkedIn’s metrics platform and how teams across the organization use it.

April 19, 2023
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35

Inside Etsy’s multi-year DevEx initiative | Mike Fisher (Etsy, PayPal)

While CTO, Mike Fisher spearheaded a multi-year DevEx initiative. Here he shares the story of that initiative, including the program's pillars and the investment that went into it.

April 5, 2023
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34

Implementing a developer portal | Karl Haworth (American Airlines)

The journey of implementing and rolling out a developer portal, from initiating the project to getting adoption.

March 29, 2023
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33

The product management discipline in platform teams | Russ Nealis (Plaid)

Russ Nealis (Platform PM) explains the reasons why product managers are currently uncommon in platform organizations, examples of when having a PM is helpful, and more.

March 8, 2023
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32

Intercom’s approach to a great on-call experience | Brian Scanlan (Intercom)

A deep-dive on how Intercom’s on-call process works, including their volunteer model, approach to compensation, and more.

February 15, 2023
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56

How Instagram Reels manages reliability | Jack Li (Instagram, Shopify)

Jack Li explains how they've introduced a new incident review process, made the case for investing in reliability, and the specific tools his team has built to improve reliability.

January 25, 2023
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30

A masterclass on DORA – research program and common pitfalls | Nathen Harvey (Google)

Nathen Harvey explains how DORA has evolved in recent years and the common challenges companies face as they adopt DORA metrics.

January 18, 2023
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29

An inside look at the SPACE framework | Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey (co-author, SPACE)

Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey discusses what the SPACE framework is and how the metrics and categories were developed.

January 11, 2023
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28

Spotify’s failed #SquadGoals | Jeremiah Lee (Spotify, Stripe)

What parts of the Spotify Squad Model were challenging, and advice for leadings considering adopting the model.

January 4, 2023
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27

How much to invest in platform work | Jean-Michel Lemieux (Shopify, Atlassian)

Jean-Michel Lemieux describes how he thinks about funding platform work, how to advocate for these investments, and what distinguishes a great platform leader.

December 21, 2022
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26

Principles for driving adoption and platform team growth | Jonathan Biddle (Wayfair)

How Wayfair's Developer Acceleration team applies startup concepts to drive adoption of their work.

December 14, 2022
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25

Leading infrastructure change at scale | Ian White (DAT)

Ian White explains his vision for scaling DAT's infrastructure and how he partners with developers and business stakeholders to drive change.

December 7, 2022
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24

Positioning platform work in a down market | Brian Guthrie (Orgspace, Meetup)

Brian Guthrie shares advice for Platform teams to make sure they’re well positioned within their organizations.

November 28, 2022
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23

A deep-dive on real-time feedback and personalized surveys | Max Kanat-Alexander, Or Michael Berlowitz (LinkedIn)

How LinkedIn's Developer Productivity and Happiness organization measures developer engagement and productivity.

October 26, 2022
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22

How to define your team's scope and charter | Mark Côté (Shopify)

How Shopify's Infrastructure group defines their charter and decide what to focus on.

October 12, 2022
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21

Dropbox's journey with developer productivity metrics | Utsav Shah (Vanta, Dropbox)

Utsav Shah shares his experiences with both system and survey-based measures at Dropbox.

October 5, 2022
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20

Using customer interviews to inform your roadmap | Michael Galloway (Doma, Netflix)

Michael Galloway explains how he uses interviews with developers to understand where his team should focus.

September 28, 2022
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19

Establishing a DevEx team in a high-growth company | Willie Yao (Notion, Airbnb)

Why Airbnb developed a "developer-first" mindset, and a clear look at why it's worth investing in developer experience early.

September 15, 2022
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18

Managing developer requests and prioritizing personas at Twitter | Jasmine James (Twitter)

How Twitter’s Developer Experience team manages support, prioritizes personas, and presents the ROI of their work.

September 1, 2022
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17

From DORA to SPACE to DX — A Fireside Chat with Nicole Forsgren

Dr. Nicole Forsgren talks about DORA, the inspiration for the SPACE framework, and how she's thinking about developer experience.

August 25, 2022
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16

The people side of engineering and an open conversation about Agile | Brent Strange (GoDaddy)

Brent Strange discusses how he manages the people side of engineering enablement, including org structure, agile, and more.

August 11, 2022
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15

Moving Slack's development experience to remote environments | Sylvestor George (Slack)

Sylvestor George shares how his team moved Slack's development experience to remote environments, which was widely regarded as a major success.

August 4, 2022
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14

Snyk’s journey with developer experience and productivity | Crystal Hirschorn (Snyk)

The story behind Snyk's Developer Experience group and how the team justifies investments.

July 28, 2022
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13

Supporting 100,000 engineers at IBM | Max Pugliese (IBM)

Max Pugliese on why DevEx teams should consider the culture and processes surrounding tooling changes, how to stay close to developers at scale, and more.

July 21, 2022
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12

The value of having a PM on a platform team | Jelmer Borst (Picnic)

Picnic's Jelmer Borst describes what Product Managers can bring to Platform teams.

July 14, 2022
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11

Common pitfalls in adopting engineering metrics | Mojtaba Hosseini (Zapier)

Mojtaba Hosseini from Zapier explains how to approach using metrics, challenges teams often run into, and more.

July 7, 2022
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10

Advocating for the voice of the developer | Julio Santana (Workday)

Workday's Julio Santana on the ideal scope of a Developer Experience team, how his team gathers feedback from developers, and more.

June 30, 2022
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9

Founding a DevEx team: why it's like starting a startup | Minh Pham, Titus Stone (Ibotta)

The story of founding Ibotta’s Developer Experience team, including justifying the investment and establishing the team's charter.

June 23, 2022
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8

Your guide to Eng Ops | Ryan Atkins (Asana, Stripe, Dropbox)

Asana's Ryan Atkins explains when to hire Eng Ops, the core responsibilities of the role, and how these functions evolve.

June 16, 2022
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7

Staffing infrastructure teams | Will Larson (Calm, Stripe, Uber)

An interview with Will Larson on staffing infrastructure teams in high-growth companies, the role of EngOps, metrics, and more.

June 9, 2022
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6

Supporting autonomous teams | Victoria Morgan-Smith (Financial Times)

Victoria Morgan-Smith describes the tradeoffs in supporting a “you build it, you run it” culture.

June 2, 2022
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5

What it looks like to hire Engineering Effectiveness too late

Peter Seibel reflects on his experience at Twitter and makes the case for investing in Engineering Effectiveness early.

May 26, 2022
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4

Tactics for driving service adoption | Varun Achar (Razorpay)

Varun Achar explains how Razorpay's Platform organization drives service adoption.

May 19, 2022
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3

Prioritizes projects at DoorDash | Marco Chirico (DoorDash)

How DoorDash’s Developer Productivity group prioritizes their work and measures the team's success.

May 12, 2022
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2

DevEx at DAZN: planning internal rotations and roadmapping | Alessandro Cinelli (DAZN)

On how DAZN's DX team on why they've staffed their team with internal engineers on a rotation and how they prioritize their work.

May 5, 2022
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1

How GitHub’s developer experience team has evolved | Liz Saling (GitHub)

How GitHub's DevEx group was founded and why they paused features for a quarter to focus on making developer experience improvements.

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