Engineering Enablement by DX

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The show focused on developer productivity and the teams and leaders dedicated to improving it. Each episode features in-depth interviews with Platform and DevEx teams, along with the latest research ... more

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Engineering Enablement by DX episodes:

June 04, 2024Developer Experience at American Express | Michelle Swartz (American Express)
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In this episode, Michelle Swartz, Vice president of Developer Enablement American Express, shares insights on improving developer experience. She discusses the creation of an onboarding bootcamp and the development of the AmEx Way Library for better knowledge management. Michelle explains how AmEx balances standardization and flexibility with the concept of Paved Roads. She also highlights the importance of measuring success, fostering community, and elevating the company's tech credibility.
Mentions and links
GenAI Guide
Timestamps
(5:45) Challenges of advocating for DevEx in non-tech companies
(7:43) Importance of senior leadership buy-in for DevEx
(9:58) Genesis of the DevEx organization and Jedi Council
(12:12) Transition to a dedicated DevEx function
(13:17) Formalizing investment in DevEx
(18:02) Initial efforts and learning in improving DevEx
(19:25) Using sentiment surveys to prioritize DevEx areas
(27:26) Addressing knowledge management challenges
(29:49) Balancing standardization and freedom in DevEx
(36:21) Implementing Paved Roads: evolution vs. revolution
...more
45min
May 21, 2024DORA, SPACE, and DevEx: Choosing the right framework | Laura Tacho + Abi Noda
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This week’s episode is a recording from a recent event hosted by Abi Noda (CEO of DX) and Laura Tacho (CTO at DX). The episode begins with an overview of the DORA, SPACE, and DevEx frameworks, including where they overlap and common misconceptions about each. Laura and Abi discuss the advantages and drawbacks of each framework, then discuss how to choose which framework to use.

Mentions and Links:
Dora.dev
Discussion points:
2:50- DORA, SPACE, DevEx overview
10:35- Choosing which framework to use
13:15- Using DORA
22:42-Using SPACE
...more
40min
May 07, 2024The science behind DORA | Derek DeBellis (Google)
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In this week's episode, we welcome Derek DeBellis, lead researcher on Google's DORA team, for a deep dive into the science and methodology behind DORA's research. We explore Derek's background, his role at Google, and how DORA intersects with other research disciplines. Derek takes us through DORA's research process step by step, from defining outcomes and factors to survey design, analysis, and structural equation modeling.
Mentions and Links:
Derek DeBellis on LinkedIn
DX’s guide to measuring GenAI adoption and impact
2023 Accelerate State of DevOps Report
Discussion points:
(3:00) Derek’s transition from Microsoft to the DORA team at Google
(4:28) Derek talks about his connection to surveys
(6:16) Derek’s journey to becoming a quantitative user experience researcher
(7:48) Derek simplifies DORA
(8:19) DORA - Philosophy vs practice
(11:09) Understanding desired outcomes
(12:45) Self reported outcomes vs objective outcomes
(16:16) Derek and Abi discuss the nuances of literature review
(19:57) Derek details survey development
(27:55) Pretesting issues
(29:30) Designing surveys for other companies
(35:02) Derek simplifies model analysis and validation techniques
(38:48) Benchmarks: Balancing data limitations with method sensitivity
...more
48min
April 23, 2024How Slack fully automates deploys and anomaly detection with Z-scores | Sean Mcllroy (Slack)
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This week we’re joined by Sean Mcllroy from Slack’s Release Engineering team to learn about how they’ve fully automated their deployment process. This conversation covers Slack’s original release process, key changes Sean’s team has made, and the latest challenges they’re working on today.
Mentions and links:
Read Sean’s blog post, The Scary Thing About Deploys
Follow Sean on LinkedIn
Time Stamps:
(1:34): The Release Engineering team
(2:13): How the monolith has served Slack
(3:24): How the deployment process used to work
(6:23): The complexity of the deploy itself
(7:39): Early ideas for improving the deployment process
(9:07): Why anomaly detection is challenging
(10:32): What a Z-score is
(13:23): Managing noise with Z-scores
(16:49): Presenting this information to people that need it
(19:54): Taking humans out of the process
(23:13): Handling rollbacks
(25:27): Not overloading developers with information
(28:26): Handling large deployments
...more
34min
April 09, 2024What’s up with internal developer portals? | Chris Westerhold (Thoughtworks)
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This week’s episode is the recording of a live conversation between Abi and Chris Westerhold (Thoughtworks Head of Developer Experience). This conversation is useful for anyone early in their journey with developer portals or platforms: Abi and Chris discuss common approaches to solving these problems, pitfalls to avoid, building vs. buying, and more.
Mentions and Links
Follow Chris on LinkedIn
Watch the recording of this conversation
Watch part 2 of this conversation on the market landscape
Learn about PlatformX, DX’s product mentioned in the conversation
Time Stamps:
(3:09) Why there’s an increased interest in developer portals
(5:33) Chris’ background with dev portals
(6:37) Homegrown solutions for developer portals
(9:22) How developer portal initiatives begin
(11:24) Internal developer portal vs service catalogs and IDPs
(16:18) Mistakes companies make with developer portals
(21:05) Approaches to solving this problem
(24:28) How can developer portals drive value
(32:07) Common traps to avoid
...more
37min
March 26, 202410 years of driving developer productivity at Yelp | Kent Wills (Yelp)
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On this week's episode, Abi interviews Kent Wills, Director of Engineering Effectiveness at Yelp. He shares insights into the evolution of their developer productivity efforts over the past decade. From tackling challenges with their monolithic architecture to scaling productivity initiatives for over 1,300 developers. Kent also touches on his experience in building a business case for developer productivity.

Discussion points:
(1:42) Forming the developer productivity team
(3:25) Naming the team engineering effectiveness
(4:30) Getting leadership buy-in for focusing on this work
(7:54) Managing code ownership in Yelp’s monolith
(12:23) Supporting the design system
(16:00) The business case for forming a dedicated team
(19:45) How to standardize
(23:50) How their approach to standardization might be different in another company
(27:08) Demonstrating the value of their work
(32:21) Building an insights platform
(38:47) How Yelp is using LLM’s
Mentions and Links
Connect with Kent Wills on LinkedIn
Watch Kent’s 2023 talk at Elevate
Listen to the interview with Peter Seibel (“Let 1,000 flowers bloom”)
Download the recently published benchmarks on developer productivity team headcount
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46min
March 12, 2024How “instructional engineers” improve developer onboarding at Splunk | Gail Carmichael (Splunk)
This week we’re joined by Gail Carmichael, Principal Instructional Engineer at Splunk. At Splunk, Gail’s team is responsible for improving developer onboarding, which they do through a multi-day learning program. Here, Gail shares how this program works and how they measure developer onboarding. The conversation also covers what instructional engineers are generally, and how Gail demonstrates the impact of her team’s work.

Discussion points:
(1:16) The Engineering Enablement & Engagement Team at Splunk
(8:01) What an Instructional Engineer is
(14:36) The developer onboarding program at Splunk
(16:05) Components of a good onboarding program
(21:11) Why having an onboarding program matters
(28:17) Measuring onboarding at Shopify (Gail’s previous company)
(31:39) Measuring developer onboarding at Splunk
Mentions and Links
Connect with Gail on LinkedIn
Download the report on Developer productivity metrics at top tech companies
...more
40min
February 27, 2024Bootstrapping a developer portal | Adam Rogal (DoorDash)
In this episode we’re joined by Adam Rogal, who leads Developer Productivity and Platform at DoorDash. Adam describes DoorDash’s journey with their internal developer portal, and gives advice for other teams looking to follow a similar path. Adam also describes how his team delivered value quickly and drove adoption for their developer platform.

Discussion points:
(1:47) Why DoorDash explored implementing a developer portal
(6:59) The initial vision for the developer portal
12:19 Funding ongoing development
16:01 Deciding what to include in the portal
19:15 Coming up with a name for the portal
20:01 Advice for interested beginners
23:55 Putting together a business case
32:32 Getting adoption for the portal
37:27 Driving initial awareness
41:29 Getting feedback from developers
48:33 What Adam would have done differently

Mentions and links:
Adam Rogal on LinkedIn
Get started (API)
New testing and monitoring tools
...more
55min
February 13, 2024A deep-dive on the Thoughtworks Tech Radar | Rebecca Parsons, Camilla Crispim, Erik Dörnenburg (Thoughtworks)
In this episode, Abi has a fascinating conversation with Rebecca Parsons, ThoughtWorks's CTO, Camilla Crispim, and Erik Dörnenburg on the ThoughtWorks Tech Radar. The trio begins with an overview of Tech Radar and its history before delving into the intricate process of creating each report involving multiple teams and stakeholders. The conversation concludes with a focus on the evolution of Tech Radar's design and process and potential future changes. This episode offers Tech Radar fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at its history and production.

Discussion points:
1:20-An introduction to the Tech Radar
6:06-Common terms used in this episode
6:27-The origin of the Tech Radar
8:50-Problems that the Tech Radar was aiming to solve
12:23-The impact on internal decision making-a tool for driving change
14:30-The teams philosophy behind Tech Radar
18:33-What sets the Tech Radar apart
21:11-Why maintaining independence is crucial for their audience
25:08-How Tech Radar publishes their reports
29:36-A look into Thoughtworks live meeting sessions
34:51-Tech Radars Git repository
42:20-Recent changes and upcoming shifts

Mentions and links:
ThoughtWorks TechRadar
Rebecca Parsons on LinkedIn
Camilla Crispim on LinkedIn
Erik Dörnenburg on LinkedIn
Thoughtworks Git repository
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46min
January 31, 2024Measuring and rolling out AI coding assistants | Eirini Kalliamvakou (GitHub)
This week's guest is Eirini Kalliamvakou, a staff researcher at GitHub focused on AI and developer experience. Eirini sits at the forefront of research into GitHub Copilot. Abi and Eirini discuss recent research on how AI coding assistance impacts developer productivity. They talk about how leaders should build business cases for AI tools. They also preview what's to come with AI tools and implications for how developer productivity is measured.

Discussion points:
(1:49) Overview of GitHub’s research on AI
(2:59) The research study on Copilot
(4:48) Defining and measuring productivity for this study
(7:44) Exact measures and factors studied
(8:16) Key findings from the study
(9:45) How the study was conducted
(11:17) Most surprising findings for the researchers
(14:01) The motivation for conducting a follow-up study
(15:34) How the follow-up study was conducted
(18:42) Findings from the follow-up study
(21:13) Is AI just hype?
(26:34) How to begin advocating for AI tools
(34:44) How to translate data into dollars
(37:06) How to roll out AI tools to an organization
(38:47) The impact of AI on developer experience
(43:24) Implications of AI on how we measure productivity

Mentions and links:
Eirini Kalliamvakou on LinkedIn
Research on the impact of Copilot
Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore
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48min

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