Julian Nadeau - Developer Productivity

Current Developer Environments at Shopify

by Julian Nadeau on January 14, 2018

In a previous post, we discussed the systems we have had throughout the history of Shopify. In this follow up post we'll talk about the system we run today. Finally, we will have another post that includes a few forward thinking questions about developer operations at Shopify. Dev Dev is…

Shopify Developer Environments

Historical Developer Environments at Shopify

by Julian Nadeau on January 14, 2018

Development operations at Shopify has a long history that winds its way through various systems, technologies, and iterations. Over the course of these iterations we have learned a number of lessons, experienced ups and downs, and ultimately ended up with a system that performs well. In this post, we’ll…

Shopify Developer Environments

The Future of Developer Environments at Shopify

by Julian Nadeau on January 14, 2018

In the previous posts we talked about our past experiences with Artisinal Systems, Boxen, and Vagrant as well as our current system using Railgun and Dev. In this post, we're going to talk about some future plans and give a few forward thoughts. Railgun and Dev accomplish most goals most…

About Developer Productivity

Productivity is defined as “the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.” Therefore, developer Productivity can be described as a concept, set of tools or processes, or a team that is dedicated to enhancing the efficiency of other developers with the goal of allowing them to increase their overall output.

This concept and the responsibilities of the team in charge of developer productivity can be varied throughout different companies, however after a number of meetings it became clear that the teams mostly focus on a few key areas. Unfortunately, the developers at different companies don’t seem to discuss, have meet-ups, or work together on allied goals.