Can Improving Developer Experience Actually Reduce Costs?
DX promises a more satisfied workforce, reduced burnout and lower employee churn. But can improving developer experience also reduce costs?
Will the Rise of Generative AI Increase Technical Debt?
The explosion of new AI APIs, libraries and frameworks has the potential to increase technical debt and, in the process, overwhelm DevOps teams.
Nerd/Noir Allies With DX to Improve Developer Productivity
Nerd/Noir is partnering with developer experience management firm DX to help identify areas where organizations can improve developer experience.
The State of Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)
Have internal developer portals (IDPs) successfully enhanced productivity without sacrificing developer experience or developer satisfaction?
What Will DevOps Look Like in 2024?
As the technology industry prepares for 2024, it’s clear that innovation and adaptation will be the keys to success in DevOps.
Elevating Developer Experience (DevEx) in Platform Engineering
In platform engineering, DevEx is a pivotal linchpin that amplifies developer productivity and expedites the software delivery timeline.
Tips For Managing Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
While the internal developer platform (IDP) concept is still relatively new, some best practices are beginning to emerge.
Splunk: Creating a Resilient and Dynamic Organization
Mitch Ashley talks with Ryan Kovar, distinguished tech security technologist and leader of SURGe with Splunk, and Cory Minton, field CTO for The Americas with Splunk, about building a dynamic and resilient organization.
Is ChatGPT Helping or Hurting Your Developers’ Productivity?
ChatGPT’s ability to translate natural language into working code has sparked tremendous interest in the programming community. Developers are exploring ways to use ChatGPT to reduce redundant tasks, from creating code snippets to analyzing and debugging programs. This also allows them to focus on more complex tasks like data analysis and monitoring with the help […]
Roadie Adds Scorecard Tool to Backstage SaaS Platform
Roadie today made generally available a tool that automatically tracks and reports how software development teams are performing against engineering standards defined by a DevOps team. The Tech Insights tool is an addition to Roadie’s implementation of the open source Backstage developer portal and is delivered via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Roadie CEO David Tuite […]
Don’t Let Developer Experience Break Your Business
These four tips will help ensure the developer experience is not your Achilles heel in fueling business performance.
Key Insights From the Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey
Stack Overflow’s 2023 developer survey reveals insights into programming language and tooling preferences and the use of AI in the development workflow. Here’s what these trends could mean for DevOps.
How Open Source Can Enhance Developer Experience
Developer experience (DX) is becoming more and more of a competitive advantage among developer-facing tools and platforms. A great developer experience that’s easy to follow and implement can truly help a software tool stand out from the crowd. Simultaneously, open source software is all the rage. In fact, a recent StackOverflow survey found open source […]
Revolutionizing DevOps With Low-Code/No-Code Platforms
The DevOps industry is growing at an incredible pace, with its worth exceeding $8 billion in 2022. Analysts predict that the market will experience a five-fold increase and reach almost $40 billion by the end of the decade. But with this growth, there is a significant issue within the DevOps chain that continues to escalate: […]
The Metrics Disconnect Between Developers and IT Leaders
A survey of 350 software developers found a majority (91%) of respondents are unhappy with the actual metrics leadership teams are measuring. The survey, conducted by Atomik Research on behalf of Uplevel, an enterprise intelligence platform provider, found the top metrics developers say should be tracked include hours worked (52%), work allocation (49%) and the […]
Improving DevX Gives Your Business a Boost
As organizations transform and grow, different methodologies and development tools can come together, creating an extra level of complexity for your mainframe application development teams. In a perfect world, developers would be able to focus on delivering solutions without worrying about all the infrastructure necessary to make that happen. Building a better developer experience, or […]
State of Developer Experience Report Finds Growing API Reliance
Web APIs continue to grow in interest among developer users. APIs can empower new customer experiences and help engineers avoid rebuilding common functions. The technology is also powering microservices and headless architectures that we’ve seen gain more traction in recent years as enterprises become more composable. On the provider side, a web API strategy can […]
Spotify Adds More Plugins for Backstage Developer Portal
Spotify this week added additional plugins for its open source Backstage platform that is used to build developer portals. The new plugins make it simpler to address role-based access and access Insights, a tool from Spotify that tracks Backstage usage trends. In addition, Spotify is also enhancing a Soundcheck plugin for Backstage that is used […]
How LinkedIn is Investing in Developer Productivity and Satisfaction
More and more companies are beginning to examine the role developer experience has in improving engineering productivity and morale. And one company often referenced as a model for developer productivity engineering is LinkedIn—its engineering leadership has invested heavily into reducing time-consuming developer tasks and constructing an internal platform to gauge developer satisfaction on the tools […]
Breaking Down Silos: Applying Open Source Practices in the Workplace
DevOps plays a prominent role in mainstream technology and companies’ ability to deliver results. While the definition of DevOps encompasses the complete range of characteristics it covers, in practice, current tech culture tends to focus solely on the tooling aspect, neglecting the equally essential focus on the people and process critical in delivering value to […]
Things We Should Acknowledge, Part Three: Remotely Good
This installment of my off-and-on “Things We Should Acknowledge” series is going to focus on an area that most DevOps teams are skirting, but increasingly will not be able to: Remote work. For background, I have worked remotely for decades; my experience spans Fortune 100s, publishing companies and startups—and that’s just full-time work. I’ve worked […]
Atlassian Embeds Generative AI Across Cloud App Portfolio
At its Team 23 conference today, Atlassian announced it is adding an artificial intelligence (AI) capability to the enterprise editions of its cloud portfolio to automate a wide range of routine tasks. Sherif Mansour, distinguished product manager for Atlassian, said Atlassian Intelligence uses natural language to drive a virtual agent that resolves routine help desk […]
How Platform Engineering Makes Software Sustainable
The world is constantly becoming more and more aware of the importance of sustainability in every aspect of our daily lives from buying groceries to traveling, and the IT world is no exception. Indeed, sustainability is already gaining importance in software development. For example, in the latest version of Thoughtworks’ Technology Radar, “carbon efficiency as […]