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Developers, Don't Toil, Automate! - Enhancing Developer Experience

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Overview

Explore a conference talk that delves into the concept of automating developer workflows to eliminate toil and maximize engineering value. Learn about the definition of toil in the context of developer experience and discover how automations can effectively remove it. Examine the key traits of impactful automations, including their ability to drive culture, be low-lift, serve as experiments, and run against a broad palette. Gain insights into how leading teams implement automation today through real-world examples of guardrails, notifications, actions, and workflows. Understand the importance of measuring, experimenting, and iterating in the automation process. Discover the Sleuth automations marketplace and find out where to learn more about implementing these practices in your development workflow.

Syllabus

intro
preamble
imagine a world where developers only spend time producing engineering value!
what is toil?
developer experience toil
automations remove toil
traits of impactful automations
- automations drive culture
- automations are low lift
- automations as experiments
- run against a broad pallet
transforming the sleuth dev experience
how the best teams automate today
types of automations: guardrails
real world example: guardrail
types of automations: notifications
real world example: notification
types of automations: actions
real world example: action
types of automations: workflows
real world example: workflow
measure, experiment, measure, repeat...
sleuth automations marketplace
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