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Staff engineers shift from solving problems to shaping systems
Become unnecessary, not indispensable.
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The tokenmaxxing hype didn’t last long
Why Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft killed their token use leaderboards.
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In partnership with DX
AI productivity gains are closer to 10% than 10x
The benchmark is wrong, not the results.
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In partnership with Octopus DeployMeasuring productivity without freaking people out
How to keep a healthy culture when you put developers under the microscope
Editor’s picks
How to measure the impact of engineering in 2025
As we look to 2025, here’s four trends to look out for when it comes to measuring developer productivity.
Are DORA metrics right for your team?
DORA metrics can be a useful tool for tracking and improving performance. If you want the DORA 101 – look no further.
Berlin • November 9 & 10, 2026
Close the gap between what leadership expects and what’s actually possible at LeadDev Berlin.
Essential reading
The Engineering Team Performance Report 2024
How do organizations measure their engineering team performance? We asked 900+ engineering leaders.
On our Reporting playlist
Make it count; A no-nonsense guide to engineering metrics for the busy leader
Gain practical insights on engineering metrics that help busy leaders prioritize effectively, address delivery challenges, and measure team performance to maximize impact and productivity.
The metrics you loved to hate in 2024
And other key findings from the 2024 LeadDev Engineering Team Performance report.
What are qualitative productivity metrics – and how do we measure them?
If your team is hitting key delivery metrics, we assume everything in the lifecycle before production is sound. However, we know that traditional metrics only tell half the story.
Delivery metrics – the good, the bad and the utterly ridiculous
As an engineering team lead, I spent countless hours pouring over data points, spreadsheets, and graphs in search of the perfect set of metrics to measure our team’s success.
Reporting effectively to the board
Accurately represent the impact of your org to senior stakeholders.
The festival for modern engineering leadership
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
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What engineering managers need to know for 2025
Here are 9 things you need to know as we move into 2025.
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How to measure the impact of engineering in 2025
As we look to 2025, here’s four trends to look out for when it comes to measuring developer productivity.
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How DX Core 4 aims to unify developer productivity frameworks
Can it bring together DORA, SPACE, and DevEx, to help inform diverse stakeholders?
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Why 70% of engineers avoid measuring lines of code
And four other key findings from the 2024 LeadDev Engineering Team Performance report.
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Performance season made easy with this proven strategy
Performance review seasons are tense times for managers and reports alike. Here’s a system to smooth the process over.
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Enhance product development with data-driven decisions
Data isn’t the be-all and end-all, but there are some important things you have to get right to get the most out of it.
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In partnership with Swarmia
Introducing engineering metrics to your organization
Picking the right software developer metrics isn’t as easy as it sounds.
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Are DORA metrics right for your team?
DORA metrics can be a useful tool for tracking and improving performance. If you want the DORA 101 – look no further.
Top Reporting videos
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Less is more: Tool consolidation for more performance of your testing
Yi Min Yang explores how in the wake of the ongoing global economic situation, organizations across the globe have been grappling with the impact on their software development and expenditure.
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Don’t let metrics be a distraction
Setting and tracking metrics can be a tempting solution for many situations. In this talk, Jean Hsu covers a few common scenarios and how to integrate metrics with other approaches to get your desired results.
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Operational data meet organization silos
This talk will cover some of the tools Observe has to help understand operational issues faster, and reduce friction working on incidents across teams.
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The only two metrics you should show to your CEO
In this session, Dan Lines will give you the two metrics that matter most when answering the two most important questions.
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Developer productivity 2.0
In this session Gergely walks through a survey on how various engineering teams work, and what approaches they have found productive. He covers what developer productivity means, and approaches and tools that you can experiment with.
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The role of data in green software engineering
In this talk, Simon will go into detail about the planning of infrastructure and systems in both backend and frontend to reduce the environmental impact.
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Leading software teams with context (visibility)
In this talk, James will ground discussion on obtaining and measuring data that matters to give you visibility into your teams.
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The only two metrics you should show to your CEO
Which two metrics that matter most when answering the questions of is the project on time and how can we speed it up?