Hangar DX Podcast

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

In this podcast episode, Ankit Jain interviews Nadeem Ahmad from Netflix about developer productivity and the challenges of building and deploying TV apps. They discuss how Netflix thinks about developer productivity, the team structures and responsibilities, and the use of AI tools like Copilot. They also touch on topics such as scaling code bases and repositories, the migration to GitHub Enterprise, and the future of developer productivity. Nadeem shares insights into the hiring process for developer productivity engineers and the qualities they look for in candidates. 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