Archive - Engineering Enablement

The AI-native developer

Findings from a new study on how AI is reshaping the developer role.

May 14 • Brian Houck

DX Annual: recording library

Key themes from our inaugural conference and which recordings to start with.

May 11 • Justin Reock

Designing the AI-native engineering organization

How 1Password, Atlassian, and Microsoft are responding to AI’s impact on software development and team structure.

May 5 • Justin Reock

April 2026

AI productivity gains: More modest than expected

Findings from DX’s longitudinal analysis of AI’s impact on velocity from November 2024 to February 2026.

Apr 28 • Abi Noda and Brian Houck

Cognitive debt: The hidden risk in AI-driven software development

How cognitive debt shows up in practice and early mitigation strategies.

Apr 22 • Abi Noda and Margaret Anne Storey

AI Impact Report: Q1 2026

A quarterly snapshot from 400+ companies integrating AI into daily engineering work

Apr 14 • Justin Reock

Assumptions as code: SiriusXM’s approach to platform prioritization

Eleanor Millman and Mina Tawadrous from SiriusXM share how their team built a custom, AI-assisted prioritization system centered on developer speed…

Apr 10 • Justin Reock

50:23

Developer ramp-up time continues to accelerate with AI

Time to 10th PR has more than halved since early 2025.

Apr 9 • Justin Reock

Measuring AI impact, assessing readiness, and new data trends

How AI is reshaping the entire SDLC, shifting bottlenecks and redefining AI readiness, and why developer experience, not tools, determines real impact.

Apr 3 • Abi Noda

38:13

AI-generated merged code holds steady at ~30%

A preview from our upcoming Q1 AI Impact Report.

Apr 1 • Justin Reock

March 2026

How do we interpret AI impact without overclaiming causation?

A better way of framing the impact of AI.

Mar 25 • Abi Noda

Why aren't AI productivity gains higher?

Developers explain why the gains are more modest than expected.

Mar 19 • Abi Noda

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