A DEV'S THOUGHTS ON DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

The software development process consists of two nested loops: an outer loop that aligns with the SDLC and an inner loop of reading, writing, and running code. The inner loop is crucial for productivity and achieving flow state, but is often disrupted by internal and external context switches. Developer productivity should be measured by the frequency of inner loop iterations rather than lines of code or commits.