Beyond Lines of Code: Measuring Complex Developer Behavior at Google

How is AI changing software development?
To provide an excellent developer experience and effectively integrate AI into development workflows, it is crucial to understand what makes software developers happy and productive in their work. Google takes a mixed approach to measuring and understanding the developer experience. This involves using logs data and conducting interviews and surveys with developers.

Speaker: Sarah D’Angelo, Google

This talk is part of the public IfI Colloquium series: https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/studies/phd/colloquium/spring-2026.html#D'Angelo

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