Developer Experience Has a Dark Side
Shawn Wang argues that real developer experience (DX) goes far beyond docs, CLIs, and slick demos—topics we recently explored. He believes the true measure of DX lies in how vendors handle uncomfortable truths, and he poses eight sharp questions to prove it.
His most pointed query targets product gaps: no launch ships complete, and nobody expects it to. The real test is whether you disclose limitations up front or bury them. He challenges teams to ask: how much digging do developers endure to uncover known holes, and do they trust you to ship fixes fast—or will requests vanish into a phantom "v2"?
