FEATURED UPCOMING EVENT

🎥 July 24 webinar - Gradle Build Cache: Deliver faster by doing less

If it’s too hot outside, join us for a summer webinar! 

In this talk with Oleg Nenashev and Laura Kassovic, we'll discuss how Gradle's build cache can help you cut down your build times by reusing task outputs from previous runs.

When you're running dozens of tests, compiling thousands of classes, or pushing changes through CI multiple times a day, build performance matters. Are you using build caching to its fullest potential in your organization? 

Join us to see real-world examples from open source projects that are using a free Gradle-sponsored Develocity instance to leverage local and distributed caching. We'll also share pointers for developers looking to level up their Gradle Build Tool skills, such as how to get certified with the help of DPE University. Specific topics include:

• The basics of local build caching—how it works, key aspects for build and test avoidance provided by Gradle, and how to analyze and maximize the cache hits.

• The tools provided by Gradle, including recently introduced features offering better analytics.

• Remote build caching with Develocity Build Cache, and how to share cached outputs across machines to speed up both CI pipelines and day-to-day development workflows.

We hope to see you there!

DPE SUMMIT

🌉 More speakers announced and last chance for early-bird tickets!

The next round of DPE Summit 2025 speakers is here! Check out just a few of the sessions below and then visit the event website to explore more sessions, learn more about the event, and reserve your ticket.

• Scaling AI for Developers: Lessons from the Inside at Salesforce - Nick McDuffie, Salesforce 

• From Lagging to Leading: Turning Developer Pain into Early Signals - Brian Houck, Microsoft 

• Optimizing for Time: Dark Matter - Karim Nakad, Meta

• What Makes a Great Developer Experience? - Max Kanat-Alexander, Capital One

This year’s 40+ speakers have deep experience leading developer productivity initiatives at scale and are ready to share their best practices and lessons learned with you.

This is the final week to get early-bird pricing. Don’t miss out!

IDEAS & INSIGHTS

Developer Joy: A Better Way to Boost Developer Productivity

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In one of the best teamups since Barbie and Oppenheimer, Trisha Gee (Head of Advocacy at Gradle) and Holly Cummins, Ph.D. (Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat) continue their mission to bring the joy of development back to….well, development.

This InfoQ article summarizes their simple premise nicely: developer joy and developer productivity don’t have to oppose each other. They aren’t mutually exclusive or binary in the way some people may think. 

In multiple talks, including at Devoxx and QCon, Trisha and Holly have been pitching this approach to the productivity/joy balance. As Trisha puts it:

“We wanted to explore this idea of how coding is (generally) fun for developers, or was at the start, and that's why we got into the game. We wanted to explore why coding is NOT fun at work, and the impact that has on our productivity. Or, more accurately, how the friction and productivity blockers are part of the reason we don't have fun at work."

Watch the recording of Trisha and Holly delivering “Productivity is Messing Around and Having Fun” at Devoxx UK on Trisha’s website.

BEST PRACTICES

Download: GenAI Won’t Replace Your Continuous Delivery Pipeline—It Will Stress It

GenAI is great for accelerating coding and experimentation; however, it also introduces challenges to code quality and comprehension, batch sizing, pipeline friction, troubleshooting complexity, and regulatory compliance. 

In this new whitepaper by Gradle creator Hans Dockter, we examine GenAI’s impacts and limitations across software delivery, highlighting the necessity of reliable and robust testing, human oversight, efficient CI/CD pipelines, and rigorous security practices. 

Learn more about: 

• The limitations of GenAI

• Why testing is a must

• Balancing human and AI-driven development

• The importance of DORA and CD practices

• Artifact provenance and quality gates

Download your free copy to explore how your organization can fully realize GenAI’s benefits while effectively managing its inherent risks.

DPE UNIVERSITY

New course! Coming Soon - “Unlocking Build Observability”

Develocity Reporting & Visualization offers unparalleled organizational observability, transforming complex build data into actionable insights for data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement of your software build processes. In this upcoming DPE University course, you’ll learn how to use DRV to optimize performance and troubleshoot issues across your organization.

In this free 30-minute course, you will:

• Explore the benefits of Develocity Reporting & Visualization (DRV) for gaining organizational visibility into your software build performance.

• Learn how Develocity collects fine-grained build data and transforms it into actionable insights through DRV dashboards.

• Understand the structure and key features of DRV dashboards, including navigation, filtering, sorting, and data export, so you can effectively analyze build trends and anomalies.

• Discover practical use cases for DRV dashboards, such as optimizing CI processes, evaluating hardware upgrades, and managing large-scale migrations.

Watch the course opening video, Data-Driven Build Optimization: Empower Your Teams with Develocity Reporting and Visualization on YouTube for a sneak peek.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

DPE Job Openings

The industry needs you! You might find your dream role among these job openings related to DPE, developer productivity, and engineering leadership. 

NOTE: These postings are active at the time of sending but are subject to change.

• Bloomberg  |  United States  |  Senior Backend Engineer - Developer Experience

• Everlaw  |  Oakland, CA  |  Software Engineer, Developer Experience

• LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)  |  London, UK  |  Developer Experience Engineer

• Netflix  |  Poland  |  Engineering Manager - Developer Enablement Engineering

• Palantir Technologies  |  London, UK  |  Software Engineer - Frontend Developer Productivity

• Rightmove  |  London, England  |  Platform Engineer (Developer Experience)

• Vanta  |  Remote  |  Principal Software Engineer, Platform

• Webflow  |  Remote  |  Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

• Wiz  |  Remote  |  AI Developer – GTM Productivity & Enablement

• Zillow  |  Remote  |  Principal Software Development Engineer, Big Data

• Zoox  |  Foster City, CA  |  Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience Team