Rasmus Hald
Building Developer Experience - Brick by Brick
#1about 3 minutes
Building a digital organization in a legacy company
The LEGO Group established a 1200-engineer digital unit with product teams and a DevOps model to build modern digital experiences.
#2about 5 minutes
Identifying key developer experience pain points
An annual "Voice of the Developer" survey revealed high cognitive load and difficulties with documentation and code reusability despite good autonomy.
#3about 1 minute
Focusing on discoverability, documentation, and communication
To address developer pain points, the DX team focused its investment on three core pillars: discoverability, documentation, and communication.
#4about 10 minutes
Implementing a developer portal with Spotify Backstage
LEGO built "Baseplate," a customized Spotify Backstage portal, to centralize information about products, APIs, documentation, and engineering tools.
#5about 1 minute
Investing in better documentation writing and training
To improve documentation quality and consumption, the team invested in training engineers and bringing in technical writers for inspiration.
#6about 3 minutes
Fostering community with events and communication channels
A curated newsletter, community events, bi-annual dev fairs, and an internal developer conference help build community and share knowledge.
#7about 4 minutes
Exploring AI, developer metrics, and inner sourcing
Future developer experience efforts will focus on deliberately adopting AI, using developer metrics for improvement, and scaling an inner sourcing culture.
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