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Improving developer experience can help companies increase productivity, retain staff, and reduce administrative burdens. We cover the essential metrics for developer experience, including how to measure and maximize them.

DORA metrics were developed to help DevOps measure the overall performance of their software development processes. Our Head of Platform, Kyle Rockman, shares what they are and how they’re measured.

You know the value that an internal developer portal would give your team—but how do you convince your leadership? This article has four clear steps to follow, plus a downloadable pitch deck to help you make your case internally.

An internal developer portal or IDP is a key enabler for platform engineers and SREs, but it also benefits other teams, including product developers and engineers.

Learn how to achieve true service ownership using our four-step framework.

See how OpsLevel drives Service Maturity for engineering teams.

Many of us have tried setting goals in the past. Perhaps it was a required exercise for school or work, or we wanted to see if it could help us accomplish something. Results were mixed, and we often left goals unfinished.

Over the last week, the team at OpsLevel completed its largest HackDay ever. OpsLevelers demoed 15 different projects, spanning everything from our infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to our Applicant Tracking System and assets for acquiring and onboarding customers. Even our CEO carved out time to write some code–though he admitted his UI was lacking.

You’ve taken on the microservices beast — congratulations! You’ve split up your services to do one thing well, but somehow, they just don’t scale automatically. And sadly, scaling doesn’t come automatically. You need to ensure your architecture is set up to scale correctly and appropriately for what you’re doing.