You should keep a developer’s journal
A developer’s journal is a place to define the problem you’re solving and record what you tried and what worked.
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Productivity
How developer experience can escape the spreadsheet
Ben and Ryan are joined by Cortex cofounders Anish Dhar, CEO, and Ganesh Datta, CTO. Cortex offers an internal developer portal that helps devs document and reinforce organizational best practices and improve developer productivity. The portal includes features like scorecards that incentivize developers to improve their work and AI-powered search to make finding information easier.
Developers with AI assistants need to follow the pair programming model
CodeGen is fast, but you need to be good.
Can GenAI 10X developer productivity?
Anand Das, cofounder and CTO of Bito AI, joins Ben and Ryan for a conversation about the intersection of developer productivity and GenAI.
Are remote workers more productive? That’s the wrong question.
Plenty of workers prefer flexibility, regardless of what the research says.
Is AI enough to increase your productivity?
Being an effective coder with a code generation tool still requires you to be an effective coder without one.
If you want to address tech debt, quantify it first
If you want the tech debt metaphor to really shine, get some numbers behind it.
Modern work requires attention. Constant alerts steal it
Attention—the time and freedom to focus—is your team’s most valuable resource.
Are meetings making you less productive?
Developers view about half their meetings negatively. Can we find better ways to use that time?
How hardware and software can maximize your flow states
Keystrokes per minute is a terrible measure of productivity, but a keyboard can help you focus better to be productive.
Missed our Flow State conference? Catch up on all the sessions
An amazing group of experts gave talks on everything from developer productivity to the future of hybrid work and remote learning.
Two heads are better than one: What second brains say about how developers work
Do we work better when we outsource our memory to other tools?
Don't let software steal your time (Ep. 491)
While countless apps are competing for your attention, here's some tips on how to fight back.
Flow state at your fingertips: How keyboards impact developer productivity (Ep. 481)
Episode one of our four-part series sponsored by Logitech.
The four engineering metrics that will streamline your software delivery
Productive teams get product fixes and features out the door fast. Here's the metrics to check to see how your team is delivering.
Can developer productivity be measured?
Defining and measuring programmer productivity is one of the most difficult parts of an engineering manager or CTO’s job description. When everything you do is intangible, how should you measure it? Can it be measured at all?
Why Devs (Should) Like Estimates
The impetus to provide an estimate for development work most often comes from non-developer stakeholders in your organization. Learning to do it well can improve collaboration and coordination across departments, making everyone happier and more productive.
