What trends and shifts is developer product management experiencing?

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Developer Product Management

Deepak Mukunthu

Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Agentforce AI Platform • 2mo
A few big ones:
- DX as a competitive advantage
  Great APIs aren’t enough, experience wins.
- Shift toward platforms, not just products
  Extensibility and ecosystems matter more than standalone features.
- AI-assisted development
  Changes how APIs, SDKs, and tools are consumed.
- Observability of developer journeys
  Teams now track onboarding, drop-offs, and usage like growth teams.
- Docs as product
  Documentation is no longer an afterthought, it is the interface.
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Aindra Misra

BILL Director, Product Management (Data, AI, DevEx, Identity) | Formerly Twitter/X • 8mo

PMs need to increase their productivity by using AI tools. They are expected to perform at a higher speed The boundaries between roles, is fading. PMs need to wear different hats more than ever now. If there is a gap in technical architecture side, they should learn and contribute there. They should create prototypes on their own instead of waiting for designers PMs should be more proactive and not just act like Program managers They should be on top of trends happening in the industry, and thei ...Read More

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Orit Golowinski

JetBrains Head of Product | Formerly GitLab, Jit.io, Cellebrite, Anima • 1y

In the last few years, I have noticed three main shifts in the field of developer product management: Developer Experience (DevX):Developer experience is becoming a top priority. With dev tools being adopted in companies from the bottom up, developers are gaining more responsibility and autonomy, including the choice of their development tools. Although the individual developer is often the user rather than the buyer, their opinion is crucial. If developers do not like a tool, they will easily r ...Read More

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Julian Dunn

Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management • 2y

Lots of changes are happening, chiefly motivated by the end of free money (i.e. post-ZIRP era) and the rise of AI. I know everyone has probably heard these two themes a million times before so let me break it down specifically for this area. The end of free money has been talked about a lot on the vendor side but not so much on the buyer side. Startups are under pressure not just because VCs are a lot tighter with their funding rounds, but also because revenue is drying up for point solutions as ...Read More

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