9 stories
Staff engineers assess search tools as governance infrastructure, not just productivity aids.
AI coding agents without full codebase visibility create architectural risk.
New engineers onboard faster when codebase navigation tools answer questions independently.
Reorgs destroy codebase knowledge that lives only in engineers' minds, not in code.
Engineers must provide organizational context that AI agents cannot derive from code alone.
Building a developer portal means staffing two systems, not one.
AI makes building look cheaper than it is, but maintenance costs haven't changed.
Clear customer focus separates product teams from internal DevEx tools.
Most engineering teams lose more than a full workday weekly to friction, not complexity.
