07 / Ways of Working
DX
Developer experience: how easy a codebase and its tooling make it for people to do good work, through clear structure, fast feedback, and errors that explain themselves.
How you’ll hear it
“Why is onboarding so slow?”
“Poor developer experience. Nothing about the setup is written down.”
Avoid
Treating friction in the tools as a personal skill problem.
The longer version
Developer experience is how easy the tools and codebase make it for people to do good work: clear structure, quick feedback, errors that explain themselves.