UX, DX, DSX: Developers and Data Scientists as Users
summary
BuzzFeed builds user‑centric infrastructure for ~100 engineers across 10 product areas and for data scientists by shipping command‑line tools and simple UIs for data validation, which reduces instrumentation errors and wins front‑end developers’ buy‑in. Research uses GitHub + Slack to observe real commit history and questions rather than rely on biased interviews. Organizational changes create strategic data partners and data stewards in a hybrid centralized model, improving data quality and aligning producer/consumer incentives.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 3:37Building tools for engineers
- 9:43Working with data scientists
- 12:54UX research techniques
- 17:14Organizational solutions
- 23:55Key takeaways and closing
