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Towards a Science of Developer eXperience (DevX)
Benoit Combemale
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23715 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.23715…

Towards a Science of Developer eXperience (DevX)
As software continues to permeate nearly every facet of modern life, the complexity and ubiquity of digital services underscore the need for sustainable, effective, and inclusive software development practices. Although software engineering has made significant progress in technical challenges since its inception, the human experience of those involved in software creation, broadly defined as developers, remains underexplored. This column advocates for the formal recognition of Developer eXperi…