Abi Noda
Abi is the founder and CEO of DX (getdx.com), which helps engineering leaders measure and improve developer experience. Abi formerly founded Pull Panda, which was acquired by GitHub.
Appears in 85 Episodes
Bootstrapping a developer portal | Adam Rogal (DoorDash)
In this episode we’re joined by Adam Rogal, who leads Developer Productivity and Platform at DoorDash. Adam describes DoorDash’s journey with their internal developer ...
A deep-dive on the Thoughtworks Tech Radar | Rebecca Parsons, Camilla Crispim, Erik Dörnenburg (Thoughtworks)
In this episode, Abi has a fascinating conversation with Rebecca Parsons, ThoughtWorks's CTO, Camilla Crispim, and Erik Dörnenburg on the ThoughtWorks Tech Radar. The ...
Measuring and rolling out AI coding assistants | Eirini Kalliamvakou (GitHub)
This week's guest is Eirini Kalliamvakou, a staff researcher at GitHub focused on AI and developer experience. Eirini sits at the forefront of research into GitHub Cop...
Measuring developer productivity at Airbnb | Christopher Sanson (Airbnb)
Christopher Sanson is a product manager at Airbnb who is dedicated to enhancing developer productivity and tooling. Today, we learn more about Airbnb's developer produ...
Leading a DevEx team through transformation | Ana Petkovska (Nexthink)
In this episode, Abi speaks with Ana Petkovska, who is currently leading the developer experience team at Nexthink. Ana takes us through her journey of leading a DevOp...
How LinkedIn defines and tracks key developer productivity metrics | Grant Jenks (LinkedIn)
In this episode, Abi chats with Grant Jenks, Senior Staff SWE, Engineering Insights @ LinkedIn. They dive into LinkedIn's developer insights platform, iHub, and its ba...
Building an internal developer platform at CVS Health | Jim Beyers (CVS Health)
This week's episode is with Jim Beyers, VP of Engineering Enablement at CVS Health. Jim joined CVS a year ago to lead an effort to build an internal developer platform...
The Platform PM role at Spotify | Nils Loodin (Spotify)
This week we spoke with Nils Loodin, Platform Product Manager at Spotify. Nils describes how his role in platform product management works, including unique challenges...
Evolving platform and enablement at Thomson Reuters | Justin Wright, Matthew Dimich (Thomson Reuters)
This week we’re joined by Justin Wright and Matthew Dimich, who lead Platform Engineering and Engineering Enablement at Thomson Reuters. Justin and Matt give an inside...
Key findings from the 2023 State of Devops Report | Nathen Harvey (DORA at Google)
This week’s episode dives into the DORA research program and this year’s State of DevOps Report. Nathen Harvey, who leads DORA at Google, shares the key findings from ...
Atlassian’s journey with developer experience | Preeti Kota (Atlassian)
This week we’re joined by Preeti Kota, the Head of Engineering for Compass at Atlassian. Preeti walks us through Atlassian’s journey with developer experience: includi...
Shopify’s developer happiness survey | Mark Côté (Shopify)
This week we’re joined by Mark Côté, who leads the Developer Infrastructure organization at Shopify, to learn about their developer survey program. Mark shares what we...
Leading platform engineering at Trivago | Thomas Khalil (Trivago)
Thomas Khalil, Head of Platform and SRE at Trivago, describes how the teams reporting into him are structured, the tactics they’re using to increase awareness of their...
Enabling teams to drive their own productivity improvements | Jenny McClain (Toast)
This week’s guest is Jenny McClain, who leads R&D Team Enablement at Toast. Jenny’s team focuses on enabling individual teams at Toast to drive their own productivity ...
How Google measures developer productivity | Ciera Jaspan, Collin Green (Google)
This week we’re joined by Ciera Jaspan and Collin Green, who lead the Engineering Productivity Research team at Google. Ciera and Collin have written several papers fr...
A customer service approach to improving DevEx | Jason Kennedy (One Medical)
This week we’re joined by Jason Kennedy, Senior Engineering Manager of Developer Experience at One Medical. Jason’s team takes a uniquely customer-driven approach to i...
Behind the scenes with Extend’s developer experience team | Matthew Schrepel and Luke Patterson (Extend)
Matthew and Luke lead Extend’s Developer Experience team, a team that has approached their work in a way that is more forward-thinking than most. In this episode, they...
Platform teams vs enabling teams | Manuel Pais (Team Topologies)
Manuel Pais delves into one of the concepts covered in his book “Team Topologies”: platform and enabling work. Manuel shares how he views the strategy behind when and ...
A close look at Peloton’s developer experience survey | Thansha Sadacharam (Peloton)
Thansha Sadacharam, who leads Tech Learning and Insights at Peloton walks us through the journey of building the company’s developer experience survey. She shares what...
The developer experience of building a database | Tara Hernandez (MongoDB, Google)
Tara Hernandez, the VP of Developer Productivity at MongoDB, joins the podcast to give an inside look at what the developer experience looks like at an organization th...
How teams use productivity metrics at LinkedIn | Max Kanat-Alexander (LinkedIn, Google)
Max Kanat-Alexander, the Tech Lead for the Developer Productivity and Insights Team at LinkedIn, shares an inside look at LinkedIn’s metrics platform and how teams acr...
Inside Etsy’s multi-year DevEx initiative | Mike Fisher (Etsy, PayPal)
Mike Fisher, the former CTO at Etsy, spearheaded a multi-year developer experience initiative aimed at improving developer happiness and efficiency during his time at ...
Implementing a developer portal | Karl Haworth (American Airlines)
Karl’s team at American Airlines were early adopters of Backstage, and in this episode he shares their journey of implementing and rolling out a developer portal. He a...
Bringing the product management discipline to platform teams | Russ Nealis (Plaid)
As product lead, Russ Nealis has been focused on introducing the discipline of product management in the Developer Foundations organization. This episode discusses the...
Intercom’s approach to a great on-call experience | Brian Scanlan (Intercom)
In this deep-dive episode, Brian Scanlan, Principal Systems Engineer at Intercom, describes how the company’s on-call process works. He explains how the process starte...
How Instagram Reels manages reliability | Jack Li (Instagram, Shopify)
Jack Li explains how his production engineering team rolled out a new incident review process, how they’ve made the case for investing in reliability, and specific too...
A masterclass on DORA – research program, common pitfalls, and future direction | Nathen Harvey (Google)
Nathen Harvey explains how DORA has evolved in recent years, the common challenges companies face as they adopt DORA metrics, and where the program may be heading in t...
An inside look at the SPACE framework | Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey (co-author, SPACE)
Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey discusses what the SPACE framework is and how the metrics and categories were developed.
Spotify’s failed #SquadGoals | Jeremiah Lee (Spotify, Stripe)
What parts of the Spotify Squad Model were challenging, and advice for leadings considering adopting the model.
How much to invest in platform work | Jean-Michel Lemieux (Shopify, Atlassian)
Jean-Michel Lemieux shares his perspective on how much to invest in platform work, which projects to fund, and how to advocate for more resources.