dr. nicole forsgren

valkyrie. Diet Coke lover. author.

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

Heads up fam: I'm not speaking much this year to focus on my new role and new team.

When I do, I am only accepting invitations to participate in events that feature Black voices.

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

I'm hiring a Data Scientist! You'll define the analytical strategy for how Gemini & agentic capabilities are transforming software eng-at Google scale. You'll pioneer new methods, surface insights, & help shape how we understand AI-driven development

https://t.co/vG0c7KiKf6

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

and please don't tell me to call. i've spoken with three people and when the app auth doesn't work (with them on the phone), we are stuck (again)

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@Chase please figure out your app auth/verification - when it fails and you offer no other option, we get stuck. (Please also offer an option to email so I don't have to tweet.)

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Finally, someone wrote it down in a book:

To understand what is going well/poorly inside your engineering org: ask the devs what this is! Talk to a bunch of them. Absolutely!

From the excellent new book by @nicolefv and @abinoda called "Frictionless"

Arrived yesterday

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

AI broke our developer productivity metrics.
Lines of code? Meaningless
Commits? Not the point
Velocity? Can be misleading

We need new frameworks for measuring DevEx in the age of AI.

Chapter 59 of Frictionless (w/ @abinoda) walks through exactly this: https://t.co/gbO1QAsF4S

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@martinfowler thank you again! i always appreciate your insights into software development and making it better

[Richard Seroter @rseroter]

Tech books can be hit or miss. Especially nowadays when thinking changes so quickly.

But @martinfowler provides some high praise for "Frictionless", the intriguing new book from @abinoda and @nicolefv.

https://t.co/ZHOcxt1NXE

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@rseroter @martinfowler @abinoda thank you! i'd love to hear your thoughts!

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@anirudh_twt @lennysan @aprildunford April's podcast and her books are SO GOOD

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@chadgptai @lennysan thank you! the tl;dr is that impact is context-dependent, but we include several examples in chapters (e.g., communicating value, metrics frameworks, and how AI changes metrics)

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@lennysan

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@alxshp @lennysan thank you!

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

Congrats @nicolefv on your new book!

What a value prop: "A step-by-step guide for improving developer experience in both traditional and AI-native workflows - from making the business case to measuring what matters to actually implementing change. Includes 100 pages of free workbooks."

Order here: https://t.co/Wkcxem1WhM

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@itscharliecowan @lennysan thank you!

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

Today, @nicolefv and Abi Noda's new book "Frictionless" is officially published. I liked it enough to write a foreword for it:

https://t.co/0aWyvvYEcw

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@abinoda We also created 100 pages of FREE workbooks - templates, frameworks, exercises your team can use right away. Those are available online:

https://t.co/ICag0MIA6p
https://t.co/476HaUYAKo

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

Today's the day! 🎉 Frictionless, coauthored w/@abinoda, helps you
* Make the biz case for DevEx
* Measure what actually matters (esp w/ AI in the mix)
* Navigate org politics & exec comms
* Implement change that sticks

https://t.co/476HaUYAKo

[.NET @dotnet]

How do you eliminate the friction of development? #dotNETRocks and Nicole Forsgren (@nicolefv) discuss her upcoming book on eliminating the friction from software development.

Building on her earlier book, Accelerate, (cont) https://t.co/RtUR52sgi8

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

@shanselman WOW

[dr. nicole forsgren @nicolefv]

In today’s MSR Research Focus: Generative Expert Metric System (GEMS) with Ti-Chung Chang @denaefordrobin @christianbird @tomzimmermann Carmen Badea Rob Deline

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Investigating vulnerabilities in LLMs; A novel total-duration-aware (TDA) duration model for text-to-speech (TTS); Generative expert metric system through iterative prompt priming; Integrity protection in 5G fronthaul networks. https://t.co/RjSmJr5IuM