Do types actually make developers more productive? Or do you just type more on the keyboard? To answer this question, let's take another look at Diff Authoring Time (DAT) – how Meta measures how long it takes to submit changes to a codebase.
DAT is just one of the ways to measure developer productivity. In this latest episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, we take a look at two specific use cases for DAT, including a type-safe mocking framework in Hack.
Tune in to learn how we use metrics to run productivity experiments in our internal codebase at Meta.
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