Hangar DX Podcast

SummaryIn this conversation, Ankit Jain interviews Nathan Harvey, the leader of DORA at Google Cloud, about the evolution and use of DORA metrics in software delivery and operations. The conversation covers the history of DORA, the design of surveys, the four key metrics for software delivery performance (lead time for changes, deployment frequency, change fail rate, and failed deployment recovery time), and the role of AI in software development. They also discuss the importance of security and compliance when adopting AI and the interplay between DORA metrics and internal surveys within organizations.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

In this podcast episode, Cody Ray, a Senior Engineering Manager at Confluent discusses the evolution of developer productivity and platform engineering at Confluent. He shares how his team has grown and the scaling challenges they faced. Cody explains the concept of service runtimes and how they provide a structured framework for developers to create new services.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

In this conversation, Jasmeet Singh, from HashiCorp, discusses developer productivity and experience. He explains that developer productivity roles can vary across companies and encompass tasks such as CI/CD, DevOps, observability, etc.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

In this conversation, Kent Wills, Head of Developer Productivity at Yelp, discusses engineering effectiveness and ownership at Yelp. He shares the journey of Yelp's engineering organization and the challenges they faced with a monolithic codebase. Kent explains how they transitioned to a service-oriented architecture and the benefits it brought in terms of code ownership and productivity. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

In this conversation, Tara Hernandez and Stacey King Poling discuss their roles in developer productivity at MongoDB and the challenges they face. They talk about the structure of their teams, the variety in build and release processes, and the importance of metrics in measuring productivity. They also emphasize the need to consider context when analyzing metrics and the potential pitfalls of certain measurements.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

Max Kanat-Alexander, a technical lead for developer productivity and happiness at LinkedIn, discusses the concept of Developer Productivity and Happiness (DPH) and the framework created by LinkedIn. He emphasizes the importance of both productivity and happiness in the workplace and how they are interconnected. Max also highlights the potential conflicts between productivity and happiness and the need to understand and measure both effectively.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

In this conversation, Eric from Asana discusses the importance of understanding the product engineer experience and the value of shadowing them to identify pain points. He explains how Asana thinks about platform engineering and the challenges they face in maintaining state with tools like Bazel. Eric also shares the key metrics they focus on for developer experience, such as cycle time and local iteration time.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

In this episode, Jack McCloy, engineering manager at Snowflake, discusses the concept of product engineering infrastructure, and the unique pieces of infrastructure that enable product teams to move fast and build better. Jack also covers measuring and quantifying tech debt, and how teams can de-risk it to make projects progress faster.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

In this episode of the Hangar DX Podcast, Ankit Jain interviews Adam about developer experience (DevEx) and the challenges and strategies involved in improving it. They discuss topics such as the evolution of DevEx, the different approaches to structuring DevEx teams, the importance of defining metrics and KPIs, the role of empathy in DevEx, the potential of cloud development environments, and the use of tools like Sourcegraph.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co

In this episode of the Hangar DX Podcast, Ian Nowland, former SVP of Engineering at Datadog, discusses the philosophy behind having a platform engineering team and the challenges of scaling an organization. He emphasizes the importance of culture in scaling and the need to balance the inner loop and outer loop of developer experience. Ian also shares his thoughts on KPIs, the use of metrics in decision-making, and the role of AI in improving developer experience. He concludes by discussing his current projects, including writing a book on platform engineering and exploring the potential of AI in debugging.This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podcast.aviator.co