AI at Scale: Developer Productivity & Engineering Excellence w/ Adeeb Valiulla | ShipTalk S4E4

How do you measure engineering excellence in the age of AI?

In this ShipTalk episode, Dewan Ahmed talks with Adeeb Valiulla, leader of Developer Productivity & Efficiency at Harness, about redefining productivity beyond dashboards and vanity metrics.

Topics covered:

• Adeeb’s journey from Sensormatic to Harness
• Why AI redefines “developer productivity”
• Measuring what matters: outcomes over output
• DORA vs. SPACE vs. Flow frameworks — and how to extend them for AI
• The myths and misconceptions around AI-driven engineering
• Guardrails, governance, and the “platform advantage”
• The future of AI-enabled software delivery

If you'd like to appear on one of our episodes, connect with Dewan at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diahmed/

Adeeb's Work: Comparative Analysis of Engineering Performance and Experience Frameworks: DORA, SPACE, HEART, and Beyond - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm Developer Experience (DevEx) Measurement in the Age of AI - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm Other Adeeb Valiulla publications - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm Metrics That Matter podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metrics-that-matter/id1802739115

Connect with Adeeb: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeebvaliulla