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Discussion on: In Defense of Developer Experience

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Aileen Rae

Brilliantly put. 👏🏻 Something else I see frequently ignored with DX is that engineering staff are an expensive resource. The cost of our time shouldn't be wasted fighting unmaintainable code or poorly documented integrations. It's in a company's best interest to empower developers to work efficiently.

It's a balancing act, of course - there's often a huge benefit to shipping that MVP fast, but I believe this requires strict aftercare. If there's no plan for paying down the technical debt incurred, organisations are shooting themselves in the foot.