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Performance Reviews Considered Harmful
Organizational Tension Processing – Driving Change in Self-Organizing Companies
Don’t motivate people
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Value-Stream-Oriented Kanban
Things I love and hate about the state of software companies in 2024
11 Aspects Most Startups Get Wrong About OKRs and How to Fix it
Self-organizing companies don’t need managers but coaches
Custom GPTs as a Developer Companion (AI for DevEx, Part 2)
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How outstanding teams form without team-building exercises
Selling DevEx Initiatives in Purpose vs. Profit-oriented Companies
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 2
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 1
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Improving Developer Experience, Level 4: Optimizing Feedback Loops: Tools, Tests, and Teamwork
Improving Developer Experience, Level 3: The Triad of Clarity, Focus, and Flow
Improving Developer Experience: Starting with Psychological Safety, Team Stability, and Work-Life Balance
Measuring Developer Experience – A Balanced Approach
11 Tips to Prevent Survey Fatigue in Your Organization
Ways to Decrease Performance: Daily Standups
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs — DevEx Edition
From Conflict to Collaboration in Engineering Teams
How to Measure Developer Experience: The Danger of Metrics
Developer Experience at Risk: Red Flags for Engineering Leaders
Engineering Strategy: Actionable and Specific Guidance for Growing Engineering Teams (High-Purpose Environments, Part 6)
Engineering Excellence through Mission-Driven Teams (High-Purpose Environments, Part 5)
The Importance of Values and Guiding Principles for Distributed Decision-Making (High-Purpose Environments, Part 4)
Crafting a Compelling Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 3)
The Importance of an Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 2)
Creating High-Purpose Environments (High-Purpose Environments, Part 1)
Managing Technical Debt in Software Development
Default-to-Open: A Principle for High-Performance Organizations
The Inverse Conway Manoeuvre in Existing Systems – It does not work!
Weekly Kickoff: Reconnect and Kickstart as a Team
Deep Work and Collaboration in Platform- and Enabling-Teams
Deep Work is a Team Effort
7 Tips for more Deep Work for Individuals
The Value of Deep Work for Peak Performance
Dysfunctional without knowing: 5 signs that your team might have a problem
Make three friends with one gift: Why developer experience is key to productivity, engineering excellence and stakeholder satisfaction.
The Importance of Developer Productivity in a Recession
Is “Not deploying on Fridays” an outdated practice?
Scratch the Backlog – There is a better way to plan your work
From two manual monolithic deployments a week to 15+ automated deployments a day
Why companies should care about great developer experience
A platform team for next-level developer experience
Remote can be synchronous, too!
OKRs are NOT guaranteed deliveries
Blameless Post-Mortems: Incidents are a learning opportunity
Why teams need slack – not the tool
Focus Week Case Study: Bringing E2E Tests into the CI Pipeline
Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy
Adopting Continuous Delivery: More a culture change than automation of processes
Do you have walls in your deployment process?
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Organizational Tension Processing – Driving Change in Self-Organizing Companies
Don’t motivate people
How to give outstanding code reviews (if you have to)
Increase Engineering Productivity by 50% Through Focus and Flow
Value-Stream-Oriented Kanban
Self-organizing companies don’t need managers but coaches
May the LLM be with You – On Planes and German Trains
LLMs for General Productivity Improvements (AI for DevEx, Part 6)
What AI Tools Mean for Deployment, Operations and Security (AI for DevEx, Part 5)
How AI Improves Collaboration and Communication (AI for DevEx, Part 4)
How Testing and Quality Assurance Change Through AI (AI for DevEx, Part 3)
Custom GPTs as a Developer Companion (AI for DevEx, Part 2)
Writing and Improving Code with AI (AI for DevEx, Part 1)
Benefits of Collaboration
Selling DevEx Initiatives in Purpose vs. Profit-oriented Companies
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 2
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 1
Improving Developer Experience, Level 4: Optimizing Feedback Loops: Tools, Tests, and Teamwork
Improving Developer Experience, Level 3: The Triad of Clarity, Focus, and Flow
Improving Developer Experience, Level 2: Belonging, Collaboration, and Communication
Improving Developer Experience: Starting with Psychological Safety, Team Stability, and Work-Life Balance
Measuring Developer Experience – A Balanced Approach
11 Tips to Prevent Survey Fatigue in Your Organization
Ways to Decrease Performance: Daily Standups
Ways to Decrease Performance: Velocity Tracking
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs — DevEx Edition
From Conflict to Collaboration in Engineering Teams
How to Measure Developer Experience: The Danger of Metrics
Developer Experience at Risk: Red Flags for Engineering Leaders
Managing Technical Debt in Software Development
Deep Work and Collaboration in Platform- and Enabling-Teams
Deep Work is a Team Effort
7 Tips for more Deep Work for Individuals
The Value of Deep Work for Peak Performance
The Benefits of Remote Work for Developer Teams: Increased Productivity and Better Work-Life Balance
Make three friends with one gift: Why developer experience is key to productivity, engineering excellence and stakeholder satisfaction.
The Importance of Developer Productivity in a Recession
Is “Not deploying on Fridays” an outdated practice?
From two manual monolithic deployments a week to 15+ automated deployments a day
What Developer Experience Engineers can learn from User Experience Engineers
Interaction modes of a developer experience team
Shaping developer experience teams for autonomy
Why a developer experience team can help your company
Why companies should care about great developer experience
Should we focus on developer experience or developer productivity?
A platform team for next-level developer experience
Focus Week Case Study: Bringing E2E Tests into the CI Pipeline
Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy
There is no system like production: Why you should test in production
Adopting Continuous Delivery: More a culture change than automation of processes
Do you have walls in your deployment process?
Increasing Deployment Efficiency at PAYONE: A Case Study
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Performance Reviews Considered Harmful
Organizational Tension Processing – Driving Change in Self-Organizing Companies
Selling DevEx Initiatives in Purpose vs. Profit-oriented Companies
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 2
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 1
Company Culture determines Product Quality
Measuring Developer Experience – A Balanced Approach
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs — DevEx Edition
From Conflict to Collaboration in Engineering Teams
How to Measure Developer Experience: The Danger of Metrics
Developer Experience at Risk: Red Flags for Engineering Leaders
Engineering Strategy: Actionable and Specific Guidance for Growing Engineering Teams (High-Purpose Environments, Part 6)
Engineering Excellence through Mission-Driven Teams (High-Purpose Environments, Part 5)
The Importance of Values and Guiding Principles for Distributed Decision-Making (High-Purpose Environments, Part 4)
Crafting a Compelling Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 3)
The Importance of an Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 2)
Creating High-Purpose Environments (High-Purpose Environments, Part 1)
Default-to-Open: A Principle for High-Performance Organizations
Weekly Kickoff: Reconnect and Kickstart as a Team
Deep Work and Collaboration in Platform- and Enabling-Teams
Deep Work is a Team Effort
7 Tips for more Deep Work for Individuals
The Value of Deep Work for Peak Performance
Happy without hierarchies: Who cares for employee happiness if there are no hierarchies?
Dysfunctional without knowing: 5 signs that your team might have a problem
The Benefits of Remote Work for Developer Teams: Increased Productivity and Better Work-Life Balance
Make three friends with one gift: Why developer experience is key to productivity, engineering excellence and stakeholder satisfaction.
The Importance of Developer Productivity in a Recession
Is “Not deploying on Fridays” an outdated practice?
Scratch the Backlog – There is a better way to plan your work
From two manual monolithic deployments a week to 15+ automated deployments a day
What Developer Experience Engineers can learn from User Experience Engineers
Why companies should care about great developer experience
Should we focus on developer experience or developer productivity?
Remote can be synchronous, too!
OKRs are NOT guaranteed deliveries
Blameless Post-Mortems: Incidents are a learning opportunity
Bonuses are bad – change my mind
Focus Week Case Study: Bringing E2E Tests into the CI Pipeline
Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy
View all
Performance Reviews Considered Harmful
Organizational Tension Processing – Driving Change in Self-Organizing Companies
Things I love and hate about the state of software companies in 2024
Self-organizing companies don’t need managers but coaches
Selling DevEx Initiatives in Purpose vs. Profit-oriented Companies
Engineering Strategy: Actionable and Specific Guidance for Growing Engineering Teams (High-Purpose Environments, Part 6)
Engineering Excellence through Mission-Driven Teams (High-Purpose Environments, Part 5)
The Importance of Values and Guiding Principles for Distributed Decision-Making (High-Purpose Environments, Part 4)
Crafting a Compelling Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 3)
The Importance of an Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 2)
Creating High-Purpose Environments (High-Purpose Environments, Part 1)
Default-to-Open: A Principle for High-Performance Organizations
The Inverse Conway Manoeuvre in Existing Systems – It does not work!
Happy without hierarchies: Who cares for employee happiness if there are no hierarchies?
The Benefits of Remote Work for Developer Teams: Increased Productivity and Better Work-Life Balance
The Importance of Developer Productivity in a Recession
From two manual monolithic deployments a week to 15+ automated deployments a day
Interaction modes of a developer experience team
Shaping developer experience teams for autonomy
Why a developer experience team can help your company
Code ownership conflicts as a signal for structural mismatch
Code Ownership: Keeping the balance between structure and agility
A platform team for next-level developer experience
Remote can be synchronous, too!
OKRs are NOT guaranteed deliveries
Bonuses are bad – change my mind
Why teams need slack – not the tool
Adopting Continuous Delivery: More a culture change than automation of processes
Do you have walls in your deployment process?
Just care less about not being aligned
Cross-functional units and uni-functional teams
View all
How to give outstanding code reviews (if you have to)
Increase Engineering Productivity by 50% Through Focus and Flow
Things I love and hate about the state of software companies in 2024
Self-organizing companies don’t need managers but coaches
May the LLM be with You – On Planes and German Trains
LLMs for General Productivity Improvements (AI for DevEx, Part 6)
What AI Tools Mean for Deployment, Operations and Security (AI for DevEx, Part 5)
How AI Improves Collaboration and Communication (AI for DevEx, Part 4)
How Testing and Quality Assurance Change Through AI (AI for DevEx, Part 3)
Custom GPTs as a Developer Companion (AI for DevEx, Part 2)
Writing and Improving Code with AI (AI for DevEx, Part 1)
Collaboration for Introverts: The Myth of the solo-working Introvert
Benefits of Collaboration
Selling DevEx Initiatives in Purpose vs. Profit-oriented Companies
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
Company Culture determines Product Quality
Improving Developer Experience, Level 4: Optimizing Feedback Loops: Tools, Tests, and Teamwork
Improving Developer Experience, Level 3: The Triad of Clarity, Focus, and Flow
Improving Developer Experience, Level 2: Belonging, Collaboration, and Communication
Improving Developer Experience: Starting with Psychological Safety, Team Stability, and Work-Life Balance
Measuring Developer Experience – A Balanced Approach
11 Tips to Prevent Survey Fatigue in Your Organization
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs — DevEx Edition
From Conflict to Collaboration in Engineering Teams
How to Measure Developer Experience: The Danger of Metrics
Developer Experience at Risk: Red Flags for Engineering Leaders
Increasing Deployment Efficiency at PAYONE: A Case Study
View all
How to give outstanding code reviews (if you have to)
How Testing and Quality Assurance Change Through AI (AI for DevEx, Part 3)
Custom GPTs as a Developer Companion (AI for DevEx, Part 2)
Collaboration for Introverts: The Myth of the solo-working Introvert
Benefits of Collaboration
How outstanding teams form without team-building exercises
Managing Technical Debt in Software Development
The Inverse Conway Manoeuvre in Existing Systems – It does not work!
How to do Architecture Mapping Workshops in a Remote Setup
Is “Not deploying on Fridays” an outdated practice?
What Developer Experience Engineers can learn from User Experience Engineers
DRY – DO repeat yourself
Code ownership conflicts as a signal for structural mismatch
Code Ownership: Keeping the balance between structure and agility
Blameless Post-Mortems: Incidents are a learning opportunity
Why teams need slack – not the tool
There is no system like production: Why you should test in production
Adopting Continuous Delivery: More a culture change than automation of processes
Crucial developer practices: Decoupling deployments and releases
Do you have walls in your deployment process?
The value of team programmings
View all
Increase Engineering Productivity by 50% Through Focus and Flow
Collaboration for Introverts: The Myth of the solo-working Introvert
Benefits of Collaboration
How outstanding teams form without team-building exercises
Improving Developer Experience, Level 4: Optimizing Feedback Loops: Tools, Tests, and Teamwork
Improving Developer Experience, Level 2: Belonging, Collaboration, and Communication
Ways to Decrease Performance: Daily Standups
The Inverse Conway Manoeuvre in Existing Systems – It does not work!
Weekly Kickoff: Reconnect and Kickstart as a Team
Deep Work and Collaboration in Platform- and Enabling-Teams
Deep Work is a Team Effort
Dysfunctional without knowing: 5 signs that your team might have a problem
The Benefits of Remote Work for Developer Teams: Increased Productivity and Better Work-Life Balance
How to do Architecture Mapping Workshops in a Remote Setup
Scratch the Backlog – There is a better way to plan your work
Remote can be synchronous, too!
OKRs are NOT guaranteed deliveries
Focus Week Case Study: Bringing E2E Tests into the CI Pipeline
Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy
Increasing Deployment Efficiency at PAYONE: A Case Study
View all
Performance Reviews Considered Harmful
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
Ways to Decrease Performance: Daily Standups
Ways to Decrease Performance: Velocity Tracking
Default-to-Open: A Principle for High-Performance Organizations
Weekly Kickoff: Reconnect and Kickstart as a Team
Deep Work and Collaboration in Platform- and Enabling-Teams
Deep Work is a Team Effort
7 Tips for more Deep Work for Individuals
The Benefits of Remote Work for Developer Teams: Increased Productivity and Better Work-Life Balance
Make three friends with one gift: Why developer experience is key to productivity, engineering excellence and stakeholder satisfaction.
How to do Architecture Mapping Workshops in a Remote Setup
Is “Not deploying on Fridays” an outdated practice?
Scratch the Backlog – There is a better way to plan your work
From two manual monolithic deployments a week to 15+ automated deployments a day
DRY – DO repeat yourself
Code ownership conflicts as a signal for structural mismatch
Code Ownership: Keeping the balance between structure and agility
OKRs are NOT guaranteed deliveries
Blameless Post-Mortems: Incidents are a learning opportunity
View all
How to give outstanding code reviews (if you have to)
Things I love and hate about the state of software companies in 2024
May the LLM be with You – On Planes and German Trains
Managing Technical Debt in Software Development
Make three friends with one gift: Why developer experience is key to productivity, engineering excellence and stakeholder satisfaction.
The Importance of Developer Productivity in a Recession
How to do Architecture Mapping Workshops in a Remote Setup
DRY – DO repeat yourself
Code ownership conflicts as a signal for structural mismatch
Code Ownership: Keeping the balance between structure and agility
A platform team for next-level developer experience
OKRs are NOT guaranteed deliveries
There is no system like production: Why you should test in production
Adopting Continuous Delivery: More a culture change than automation of processes
Crucial developer practices: Decoupling deployments and releases
Do you have walls in your deployment process?
Just care less about not being aligned
Cross-functional units and uni-functional teams
View all
Performance Reviews Considered Harmful
Organizational Tension Processing – Driving Change in Self-Organizing Companies
Increase Engineering Productivity by 50% Through Focus and Flow
Things I love and hate about the state of software companies in 2024
Collaboration for Introverts: The Myth of the solo-working Introvert
Improving Developer Experience: Starting with Psychological Safety, Team Stability, and Work-Life Balance
11 Tips to Prevent Survey Fatigue in Your Organization
Default-to-Open: A Principle for High-Performance Organizations
The Inverse Conway Manoeuvre in Existing Systems – It does not work!
Deep Work and Collaboration in Platform- and Enabling-Teams
Deep Work is a Team Effort
7 Tips for more Deep Work for Individuals
The Value of Deep Work for Peak Performance
Happy without hierarchies: Who cares for employee happiness if there are no hierarchies?
View all
Performance Reviews Considered Harmful
Organizational Tension Processing – Driving Change in Self-Organizing Companies
Don’t motivate people
Things I love and hate about the state of software companies in 2024
Self-organizing companies don’t need managers but coaches
Engineering Strategy: Actionable and Specific Guidance for Growing Engineering Teams (High-Purpose Environments, Part 6)
Engineering Excellence through Mission-Driven Teams (High-Purpose Environments, Part 5)
The Importance of Values and Guiding Principles for Distributed Decision-Making (High-Purpose Environments, Part 4)
Crafting a Compelling Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 3)
The Importance of an Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 2)
Creating High-Purpose Environments (High-Purpose Environments, Part 1)
View all
The Inverse Conway Manoeuvre in Existing Systems – It does not work!
Deep Work and Collaboration in Platform- and Enabling-Teams
The Importance of Developer Productivity in a Recession
Interaction modes of a developer experience team
Shaping developer experience teams for autonomy
Why a developer experience team can help your company
A platform team for next-level developer experience
Do you have walls in your deployment process?
Just care less about not being aligned
Cross-functional units and uni-functional teams
View all
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
Managing Technical Debt in Software Development
The Inverse Conway Manoeuvre in Existing Systems – It does not work!
Dysfunctional without knowing: 5 signs that your team might have a problem
Make three friends with one gift: Why developer experience is key to productivity, engineering excellence and stakeholder satisfaction.
The Importance of Developer Productivity in a Recession
How to do Architecture Mapping Workshops in a Remote Setup
From two manual monolithic deployments a week to 15+ automated deployments a day
Why a developer experience team can help your company
Code Ownership: Keeping the balance between structure and agility
View all
Increase Engineering Productivity by 50% Through Focus and Flow
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
Improving Developer Experience, Level 4: Optimizing Feedback Loops: Tools, Tests, and Teamwork
Is “Not deploying on Fridays” an outdated practice?
From two manual monolithic deployments a week to 15+ automated deployments a day
Adopting Continuous Delivery: More a culture change than automation of processes
Crucial developer practices: Decoupling deployments and releases
Do you have walls in your deployment process?
View all
Organizational Tension Processing – Driving Change in Self-Organizing Companies
Don’t motivate people
Increase Engineering Productivity by 50% Through Focus and Flow
11 Aspects Most Startups Get Wrong About OKRs and How to Fix it
Self-organizing companies don’t need managers but coaches
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 2
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 1
View all
May the LLM be with You – On Planes and German Trains
LLMs for General Productivity Improvements (AI for DevEx, Part 6)
What AI Tools Mean for Deployment, Operations and Security (AI for DevEx, Part 5)
How AI Improves Collaboration and Communication (AI for DevEx, Part 4)
How Testing and Quality Assurance Change Through AI (AI for DevEx, Part 3)
Custom GPTs as a Developer Companion (AI for DevEx, Part 2)
Writing and Improving Code with AI (AI for DevEx, Part 1)
View all
May the LLM be with You – On Planes and German Trains
LLMs for General Productivity Improvements (AI for DevEx, Part 6)
What AI Tools Mean for Deployment, Operations and Security (AI for DevEx, Part 5)
How AI Improves Collaboration and Communication (AI for DevEx, Part 4)
How Testing and Quality Assurance Change Through AI (AI for DevEx, Part 3)
Custom GPTs as a Developer Companion (AI for DevEx, Part 2)
Writing and Improving Code with AI (AI for DevEx, Part 1)
View all
Collaboration for Introverts: The Myth of the solo-working Introvert
Benefits of Collaboration
Improving Developer Experience, Level 4: Optimizing Feedback Loops: Tools, Tests, and Teamwork
Deep Work is a Team Effort
Focus Week Case Study: Bringing E2E Tests into the CI Pipeline
Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy
The value of team programmings
View all
Performance Reviews Considered Harmful
Value-Stream-Oriented Kanban
11 Aspects Most Startups Get Wrong About OKRs and How to Fix it
Self-organizing companies don’t need managers but coaches
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 2
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs — DevEx Edition
View all
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 2
Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity — Part 1
Measuring Developer Experience – A Balanced Approach
11 Tips to Prevent Survey Fatigue in Your Organization
Ways to Decrease Performance: Velocity Tracking
How to Measure Developer Experience: The Danger of Metrics
View all
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
Improving Developer Experience: Starting with Psychological Safety, Team Stability, and Work-Life Balance
Happy without hierarchies: Who cares for employee happiness if there are no hierarchies?
Dysfunctional without knowing: 5 signs that your team might have a problem
Make three friends with one gift: Why developer experience is key to productivity, engineering excellence and stakeholder satisfaction.
Blameless Post-Mortems: Incidents are a learning opportunity
View all
Things I love and hate about the state of software companies in 2024
Weekly Kickoff: Reconnect and Kickstart as a Team
Dysfunctional without knowing: 5 signs that your team might have a problem
The Benefits of Remote Work for Developer Teams: Increased Productivity and Better Work-Life Balance
How to do Architecture Mapping Workshops in a Remote Setup
Remote can be synchronous, too!
View all
Improving Developer Experience, Level 4: Optimizing Feedback Loops: Tools, Tests, and Teamwork
The Benefits of Remote Work for Developer Teams: Increased Productivity and Better Work-Life Balance
Focus Week Case Study: Bringing E2E Tests into the CI Pipeline
Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy
The value of team programmings
View all
How BRYTER Achieved Increased Developer Experience, Ownership, Product Quality, and Engineering Effectiveness through Continuous Deployments
From two manual monolithic deployments a week to 15+ automated deployments a day
Focus Week Case Study: Bringing E2E Tests into the CI Pipeline
Increasing Deployment Efficiency at PAYONE: A Case Study