#devex — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #devex, aggregated by home.social.
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On Thursday I was at the notary for the incorporation of my first company: @atvari 🥳
Starting August, I will be offering consulting & contracting services to clients in the areas of Software & Cloud Engineering with a focus on Rust 🦀, Nix / NixOS ❄, and Open Source 🌐. I'm still open to opportunities, so feel free to reach out.
#DevEx #DevOps #Kubernetes #Declarative #Reproducibility #Observability #Scalability
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Реальный DX: как измерить опыт разработчика и не соврать самому себе
В прошлый раз я писал про то, что сообщение об ошибке читает уставший человек в два часа ночи. Там была одна простая мысль: ошибка должна сказать, что случилось, почему и что делать дальше. Переписали голое invalid_request в человеческий ответ, и стало лучше. Вот только «стало лучше» — это ощущение. А ощущение нельзя положить в роадмап (или защитить перед руководством), чтобы сравнить через квартал. Улучшить то, что ты не измеряешь, нельзя: можно только верить, что улучшил. Давайте сегодня разберёмся, как DX из набора интуиций превратился в измеримую дисциплину: с исследованиями, метриками и цифрами. И как этим пользоваться, не скатываясь в дашборд ради дашборда.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1048262/
#dx #api #developer_experience #опыт_разработчика #devex #space #dora #DX_core_4 #ttfhw #когнитивная_нагрузка
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Reading about special relativity felt like understanding it. Doing the calculations in university proved it wasn't the same thing.
AI coding gives me a similar uneasy feeling. I can follow the logic and reason about the system, but knowing how something works is not the same as being able to apply it. The applied judgment can quietly move out of the developer's hands.
What bothers me is this: if you need AI to understand your own codebase, that understanding is no longer just assisted by a tool. It is delegated to a vendor.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@heplon/116687109227735875
After years of watching great engineers lose entire afternoons to pipeline debugging, CrashLoopBackoffs and OOM kills, my co-founder Simon and I have decided to do something about it.
Today we are launching Heplon!
#PlatformEngineering #DeveloperExperience #DevEx #InternalDeveloperPlatform
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I wrote my own coding agent cost tracker and noticed that my numbers did not line up with codexbar by Peter Steinberger.
so I did the annoying thing and dug into the details, assuming I had probably made the mistake.
the mismatch still held.
with the public “$1.3M in tokens in 30 days” context, I keep wondering:
if the cost math of his software is off, how much of the software produced at that scale is actually right?
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I wrote my own coding agent cost tracker and noticed that my numbers did not line up with codexbar by Peter Steinberger.
so I did the annoying thing and dug into the details, assuming I had probably made the mistake.
the mismatch still held.
with the public “$1.3M in tokens in 30 days” context, I keep wondering:
if the cost math of his software is off, how much of the software produced at that scale is actually right?
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From engineering as we know it ➔ AI-native engineering.
Inside #Meta’s “AI for Productivity” (AI4P) initiative: what they tried, what worked, what still needs proof, and what they’ve ruled out (for now).
Watch #InfoQ video for more insights: https://bit.ly/4tRTzQA
#AI #SoftwareEngineering #EngineeringLeadership #AgenticAI #DevEx
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From engineering as we know it ➔ AI-native engineering.
Inside #Meta’s “AI for Productivity” (AI4P) initiative: what they tried, what worked, what still needs proof, and what they’ve ruled out (for now).
Watch #InfoQ video for more insights: https://bit.ly/4tRTzQA
#AI #SoftwareEngineering #EngineeringLeadership #AgenticAI #DevEx
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#PlatformEngineering succeeds when reliability and ergonomics reinforce each other - not compete.
Pratik Agarwal explores 3 foundational pillars:
1️⃣ Automated reliability
2️⃣ Developer ergonomics
3️⃣ Operator ergonomicsThe result❓ Together, they create a Virtuous Cycle! 🔄
Read the #InfoQ article for more insights: https://bit.ly/4ew5WxK
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#PlatformEngineering succeeds when reliability and ergonomics reinforce each other - not compete.
Pratik Agarwal explores 3 foundational pillars:
1️⃣ Automated reliability
2️⃣ Developer ergonomics
3️⃣ Operator ergonomicsThe result❓ Together, they create a Virtuous Cycle! 🔄
Read the #InfoQ article for more insights: https://bit.ly/4ew5WxK
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DORA-метрики: как собирать, интерпретировать и не переусердствовать, часть 2
В первой части мы разобрали, как устроены DORA-метрики и что стоит за каждым из пяти показателей. Сложнее другое: одни используют их как инструмент улучшения процессов, другие – как универсальную шкалу зрелости. Разбираемся, почему контекст здесь важнее любого бенчмарка – и с чего начать команде, которая хочет считать метрики осмысленно.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/simpleone/articles/1026602/
#DORA #devops #метрики_разработки #deployment_frequency #cicd #software_delivery #бенчмарки #управление_разработкой #itинфраструктура #devex
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Anysphere released #Cursor 3 - a redesigned interface built from scratch that shifts the primary model from file editing ⇨ managing parallel coding agents.
The new workspace supports local-to-cloud agent handoff, multi-repo parallel execution, and a plugin marketplace.
Details here ⇨ https://bit.ly/4ezYNfH
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Anysphere released #Cursor 3 - a redesigned interface built from scratch that shifts the primary model from file editing ⇨ managing parallel coding agents.
The new workspace supports local-to-cloud agent handoff, multi-repo parallel execution, and a plugin marketplace.
Details here ⇨ https://bit.ly/4ezYNfH
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I'm working on an educational app for #amateurradio. In it I have visualizations for different factors that affect radio signal propogation.
My AI agents hit a quality plateau. Prompt tweaks weren't helping.
The problem? My agent was anchored to MY understanding of the domain, reflecting my blind spots back at me. 🤦♂️
Here's how I got through it:
https://philjohnstonii.com/blog/fresh-eyes-how-i-got-past-my-agents-quality-ceiling -
I'm working on an educational app for #amateurradio. In it I have visualizations for different factors that affect radio signal propogation.
My AI agents hit a quality plateau. Prompt tweaks weren't helping.
The problem? My agent was anchored to MY understanding of the domain, reflecting my blind spots back at me. 🤦♂️
Here's how I got through it:
https://philjohnstonii.com/blog/fresh-eyes-how-i-got-past-my-agents-quality-ceiling -
AI tools are not “bad”.
But they often give bad results.Why? Because they don’t understand your codebase.
And your prompts are missing context.This is the real gap most Java developers hit right now.
I break it down here:
https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/java-developers-ai-tools-bad-results-context-prompting -
AI tools are not “bad”.
But they often give bad results.Why? Because they don’t understand your codebase.
And your prompts are missing context.This is the real gap most Java developers hit right now.
I break it down here:
https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/java-developers-ai-tools-bad-results-context-prompting -
Rails logs in development: beautiful stack traces, everything in your terminal, life is good.
Rails logs in production three weeks later: zgrep through 30 compressed files and pray.
I wrote about why this happens and how to fix it.
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/03/31/rails-logs-a-blessing-in-development-a-headache-in-production/
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#DeveloperProductivity isn’t just about faster builds or better tools - it’s about creating an environment where developers can do their best work.
In this #InfoQ video, Nicole Forsgren shares a practical blueprint to:
• Identify & remove the hidden friction slowing your team down
• Uncover obstacles
• Win stakeholder buy-in
• Scale DevEx improvements across your organization🎬 Watch now | 📄 #transcript included: https://bit.ly/4tivSAP
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#DeveloperProductivity isn’t just about faster builds or better tools - it’s about creating an environment where developers can do their best work.
In this #InfoQ video, Nicole Forsgren shares a practical blueprint to:
• Identify & remove the hidden friction slowing your team down
• Uncover obstacles
• Win stakeholder buy-in
• Scale DevEx improvements across your organization🎬 Watch now | 📄 #transcript included: https://bit.ly/4tivSAP
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You can have green DORA metrics and still have miserable developers.
Speed ≠ Joy.
To get real IDP adoption, we need to treat platforms like products. APIs aren't enough.
Read my new article for Platform Engineering here: https://platformengineering.org/blog/the-empathy-gap-why-your-platform-needs-ux-not-just-apis
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You can have green DORA metrics and still have miserable developers.
Speed ≠ Joy.
To get real IDP adoption, we need to treat platforms like products. APIs aren't enough.
Read my new article for Platform Engineering here: https://platformengineering.org/blog/the-empathy-gap-why-your-platform-needs-ux-not-just-apis
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How AI and modern languages boost developer team efficiency https://www.developer-tech.com/news/how-ai-modern-languages-boost-developer-team-efficiency/ #mojo #llvm #genai #devex #opensource #developers #machinelearning #technology
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How AI and modern languages boost developer team efficiency https://www.developer-tech.com/news/how-ai-modern-languages-boost-developer-team-efficiency/ #mojo #llvm #genai #devex #opensource #developers #machinelearning #technology
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"We have a PHP SDK ready for you."
What the developer did: pointed his AI at the Vatly docs and vibe-coded the entire integration in one shot.
Didn't even check what the AI had done. It just worked.
Documentation > SDKs when AI can read your docs?
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JOB UPDATE!!
I am happy to announce I signed an offer for a new Senior SRE position, starting April 6!
THANK YOU ALL for the support and encouragement, I could not have made it through this ordeal without my community!!
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Conference over. My talk was a success.
But it pays nothing. Nobody is banging on my front door with jobs because I gave a talk at a big conference.
I desperately need a job, coming up on 9 months unemployed.
I am looking for Incidents, SRE, or Platform work. I have been judged as overqualified for Senior roles, so my focus is Staff+ and such.
My LI profile is as good as anything for understanding my work history, so here it is:
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JOB UPDATE!!
I am happy to announce I signed an offer for a new Senior SRE position, starting April 6!
THANK YOU ALL for the support and encouragement, I could not have made it through this ordeal without my community!!
++++++++++++
Conference over. My talk was a success.
But it pays nothing. Nobody is banging on my front door with jobs because I gave a talk at a big conference.
I desperately need a job, coming up on 9 months unemployed.
I am looking for Incidents, SRE, or Platform work. I have been judged as overqualified for Senior roles, so my focus is Staff+ and such.
My LI profile is as good as anything for understanding my work history, so here it is:
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You didn't build a Developer Platform. You built a Golden Cage.
IDPs built for control instead of consumption will always fail.
The architectural verdict:
https://platformengineering.org/blog/golden-cage-syndrome-why-internal-developer-platforms-fail -
You didn't build a Developer Platform. You built a Golden Cage.
IDPs built for control instead of consumption will always fail.
The architectural verdict:
https://platformengineering.org/blog/golden-cage-syndrome-why-internal-developer-platforms-fail -
10-minute deployments vs. hours doing it manually!
AWS launched Agent Plugins for AWS, giving AI coding agents specialized deployment skills.
The initial deploy-on-aws plugin transforms workflows by accepting commands like "deploy to AWS" and generating complete pipelines with architecture recommendations, cost estimates, and infrastructure code.
More details on #InfoQ ⇨ https://bit.ly/4ldzDF4
#AWS #AIAgents #IaC #DevEx #AutomatedDeployment #CloudComputing
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ActivityPub client developer experience is something like this.
Building a coherent feed with stateful objects requires comparing an Activity from the inbox, with what’s in your outbox.
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"Many organizations I have been involved with put their initial focus on the ticketing system as primary data source. I believe that is a mistake.
Work packages provide an overview of what happens across the production system. A ticketing system represents work. It is a model of reality. It is not reality. The code is the closest representation of reality in a software production system."
Read more... https://toscalix.com/2026/02/17/agls-business-intelligence-journey-understanding-activity/
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Just published Part 3 of my #AGL Business Intelligence series: "Understanding Activity"!
Now diving into code activity metrics, including advice for practitioners.
Read more: https://toscalix.com/2026/02/17/agls-business-intelligence-journey-understanding-activity/
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⚡ "10 Tiny Steps to #PowerShell #Productivity Mastery" by @[email protected] was a whirlwind of wisdom: 📚 Learn broadly 🛠️ Tune VS Code 🔁 Use Git & build processes 🧠 Embrace soft skills & focus 🤝 Share, grow, repeat 🎟️ psconf.eu #PSConfEU #DevEx #VSCode
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