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Team Topologies redesigns organization for flow. Flow Framework connects engineering to business. Developer Velocity Index shows how consultancies sell productivity. Three lenses that amplify what previous frameworks don't see.
After DORA, SPACE, and DevEx, the diagnosis is done. The problem now is different: where exactly to intervene without breaking the entire system?
The DevEx model proposes that experience is a technical variable — not subjective. Three dimensions (flow, feedback, mental burden) capture what DORA and SPACE don't see.
SPACE doesn't offer quick answers. It offers intellectual friction. Understand why software productivity requires accepting unresolvable tensions.
DORA doesn't measure productivity. It measures symptoms. And what really matters lies in the 24 capabilities that nobody remembers to implement.
Software teams don't break down due to lack of metrics. They break down because they measure with conviction things they don't fully understand.
Metrics aren't neutral. They reveal and reinforce the game already in motion. Understand why teams that deliver a lot still break down from within.
Developer Experience isn't about comfort — it's about cognitive capacity. Understand why productive teams still break down from within.
An introduction to the blog, the topics that will be covered, and my journey as a Platform Engineer.