TALK
Duration: 40min
Code Is Not Enough: Why DX, Docs and DevRel Decide Product Success
Lara Großpietsch
Description
Great code is useless if no one knows how to use it. Developer Experience (DX), technical documentation, and Developer Relations are crucial for product success.
In this talk, we’ll explore why documentation isn’t just support material, but part of the product—and how real relationships with the developers who build with your system make all the difference.
Prerequisites
- Be aware of the gap between ‘shipping code’ and ‘delivering a usable product’
(even better if they've felt this pain firsthand) - (Optional) Have an interest in UX, communication, or developer enablement (those who’ve built or supported platforms will especially relate)
Key takeaway
- Why DX directly impacts adoption and retention
- Documentation as a strategic product component
- Lessons learned (and still learning) from real-world practice
- We’re all sitting in the same boat: let’s see what we can learn from each other
Speaker
Lara Großpietsch
Lara is a Technical Writer for UX/DX at CoreMedia, working in the Customer Success & Documentation team. With international roots in tech comms and a background spanning eLearning, software dev, and change management, she now focuses on building better docs with her team and for different target groups, but mainly developers and editors.