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Re:Coding as an Engineering Manager by JimDabell on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:04PM (#18358890)
Developer experience. In other words, improving the tools your developers rely upon to do their job. It's like UX, but for the development process.
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Re:Coding as an Engineering Manager by walshemj on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:42PM (#18359489)
IBM called this role the toolsmith in a chief programmer team, a 1970's development paradime.

I have worked in an early web dev team that sort of worked like that at BT I was the backup/toolsmith.

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Re:Coding as an Engineering Manager by hinkley on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:43PM (#18365061)
Ive been called a toolsmith before, but I fear that label misses the mark. I do what I consider to be the barest minimum of user studies (approximately what I don’t think my boss will notice) and I don’t observe others putting half as much effort or empathy into it as I do.

I don’t know if I’m crazy or living in the future, but it’s definitely frustrating and a little alienating.

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