# A Dev's Thoughts on Developer Productivity - Sourcegraph Synced: [[2024_06_29]] 8:22 PM Last Highlighted: [[2024_06_27]]  Summary: Developers are systems thinkers and yet, most measures of developer productivity are metrics-based, instead of systems-based. In this post, Sourcegraph co-founder and CTO Beyang Liu presents five charts that visualize what really matters for developer productivity. ## Highlights [[2024_06_27]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j1drmd2naemxas0bg30fz29z) > "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." [[2024_06_27]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j1drn0krx8xvzwynxv37kpfj) > Individual velocity tends to be choppy. There are inevitably days spent mostly onboarding to unfamiliar code or where external factors interrupt regularly scheduled programming. But individual bumps smooth out when you add them together.