Never the Stack

The Developer Experience Ledger

Never the Stack

Show Notes

An AI tool can save a developer an hour while the delivery journey consumes most of the saving. The developer experience ledger follows the work across that boundary, so platform teams can tell what they removed and what they merely moved. Read the essay: https://vinny.dev/blog/2026-09-07-the-developer-experience-ledger/

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