What to do about it
The reason tool builders often disproportionately focus on the Day 1 experience is because
of how users evaluate tools. So I’m going to give a special callout to users here. Users need to:
- Refrain from hyping up tools based on demo or Day 1 experience alone.
- Push back on tools that get you to commit to big contracts before you or your developer team have spent time working with the tool day in and day out for some period of time.
- Recommend tools to other people based on the less “sexy” dimensions that are key to your team’s productivity, such as how they integrate with workflows, or how they reduce collaboration friction within and across teams.
Doing these things will create a lot more space for a better developer experience.
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