Forget Dev Platforms, Think Dev Productivity - Enhancing Developer Experience

Explore a 45-minute conference talk from Conf42 Cloud Native 2024 that challenges the focus on developer platforms and instead emphasizes the importance of developer productivity. Dive into topics such as "you build it, you run it" philosophy, extraneous cognitive load, and the potential pitfalls of platform engineering. Learn about putting developer experience (DevEx) at the center of development processes, working backwards from product requirements, and leveraging generative AI to unlock new frontiers in productivity. Discover insights on measuring developer productivity, the impact of AI-powered coding companions, and witness a demo showcasing code transformation in the IDE. Gain valuable perspectives on reinventing the development lifecycle and optimizing the limited time developers spend coding each week.

Syllabus

intro
preamble
you build it, you run it
extraneous cognitive load
there are many capabilities in a dev platform
the downward spiral of platform engineering: running too much and the wrong things
put devex in the center
working backwards to prfaq & visuals...
...refined by devex
...from your developers
unlock the next productivity frontier with generative ai
how to measure developer productivity?
genai tools can improve devex!
coding companion
the typical developer spends 4h21min coding per week
the development companion: reinventing across the development lifecycle
demo
code transformation in the ide