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Developer Experience (DevEx)

What it's like to build software day-to-day for a developer, including friction, workflows, and support

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Developer Experience (DevEx)

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Developer Experience (DevEx)

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What it's like to build software day-to-day for a developer, including friction, workflows, and support

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DevEx is developer experience. And when we think about developer experience, we're really talking about what it's like to build software, day to day, for a developer. So the friction that they face, the workflows that they have to go through, any support that they have. It's important because when DevEx is poor, everything else just isn't going to help. The best processes, the best tools, the best... whatever magic you have, if the DevEx is bad, everything kind of takes-

Nicole ForsgrenSource summary

Source summary: Describes developers’ everyday working conditions.

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  • How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren · discusses · Developer Experience (DevEx)
  • How to measure and improve developer productivity | Nicole Forsgren (Microsoft Research, GitHub, Google) · discusses · Developer Experience (DevEx)
  • Developer Experience (DevEx) · relates to · Feedback Loops
  • Developer Experience (DevEx) · relates to · Cognitive Load
  • Developer Experience (DevEx) · relates to · Flow State
  • Developer Experience (DevEx) · relates to · Developer Productivity
  • Developer Experience (DevEx) · relates to · AI First Mindset
  • How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren · features · Nicole Forsgren
  • How to measure and improve developer productivity | Nicole Forsgren (Microsoft Research, GitHub, Google) · features · Nicole Forsgren
  • How to measure and improve developer productivity | Nicole Forsgren (Microsoft Research, GitHub, Google) · references · Good Strategy Bad Strategy
  • How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren · references · Accelerate
  • How to measure and improve developer productivity | Nicole Forsgren (Microsoft Research, GitHub, Google) · references · Accelerate
  • How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren · mentions framework · DORA
  • How to measure and improve developer productivity | Nicole Forsgren (Microsoft Research, GitHub, Google) · mentions framework · DORA
  • How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren · mentions framework · SPACE

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How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren

Nicole Forsgren · 00:07:00

DevEx is developer experience. And when we think about developer experience, we're really talking about what it's like to build software, day to day, for a developer. So the friction that they face, the workflows that they have to go through, any support that they have. It's important because when DevEx is poor, everything else just isn't going to help. The best processes, the best tools, the best... whatever magic you have, if the DevEx is bad, everything kind of takes-