I first heard the term “developer experience” in late 2023. Everything I had been doing “by intuition” for years suddenly had a name.
I have always had a DevEx mindset. For more than 15 years of my career, I have loved optimizing and automating — finding ways to make tasks easier and faster for the people around me. It didn’t matter if they were developers, analysts or colleagues in other roles. What gave me the most satisfaction was creating something that removed friction and helped others focus on what really mattered.
When I…