The idea that a focus on developer experience leads to better products has to be the most widely cited, evidence-free shibboleth in modern software.
Where are the papers? The double-blind studies? The meta-analyses?
Like, there's clearly *some* effect. Faster cycle times matter. Faster build boxes are better, etc. etc.
But there's no shared terminology, no metric, and no empirical basis to believe this effect is more powerful than many other effects (better test collateral, safer languages, better product organisation, etc. etc.)
But to hear the proponents sell it, this effect should be visible from space! It should overpower even terrible management...has it? Seems not.
@slightlyoff And that's before you get to the fact that most companies prefer to use it as an excuse to hire less-experienced talent for less money instead of as a tool to improve the end product's quality.
