Measuring developer experience on an Amazon EKS developer platform
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This article demonstrates how to measure developer platform success on Amazon EKS using DORA metrics and open source tools like Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, and Apache DevLake.
- DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate, Failed Deployment Recovery Time) predict software delivery performance and are adopted by 40.8% of platform teams
- Over 50% of platform teams don't measure their platforms or can't determine if metrics improve, creating accountability gaps
- Amazon EKS supports elite DORA performance through Kubernetes-native capabilities like declarative deployments, rolling updates, and self-healing
- Demo architecture integrates Argo Events, Argo Workflows, Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, Apache DevLake, and Grafana to automate DORA metric collection
- Walkthrough includes hands-on exercises for each DORA metric with sample scripts and a Platform Engineering on EKS Workshop
Measuring DORA metrics on EKS provides data-driven insights into platform effectiveness and helps justify platform investments to leadership.
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