Hi DevOps Community!
Our yearly Atlassian State of Developer Experience Report for 2026 is out now! This year we heard from 1,500+ developers and engineering leaders about DevEx in the agentic era.
A few findings that stood out:
- 87% of developers say AI helps them ship work faster, but 72% say they experience the same, or even more, friction than before AI
- The biggest sources of friction? It’s still finding information, meetings, and context switching
- 95% of engineering organizations are actively using AI, but only 17% of developers say their organization has a clear, actively implemented AI strategy across the SDLC
- But of developers who do report a clear AI strategy, they’re almost 2x as likely to report less organizational friction
- 64% of leaders say greater AI use correlates with better outcomes, but 59% also worry about performative AI use
- Meanwhile, 41% of developers say they sometimes use AI more than necessary because they feel expected to
As we close 2026, AI adoption is nearly universal, but turning it into a better developer experience still seems like a work in progress.
The rest of this year’s report looks at how leaders can close the gap between adoption and impact: what a clear AI strategy looks like, how to better develop engineering skills in the agentic era, how to better gauge developer productivity (hint: measure outcomes and impact, not AI usage), and more.
Check out the full report to see the rest of the findings!
Want to hear industry experts discuss the report? Check out our webinar on November 9, featuring Andrew Boyagi, Atlassian Customer CTO, and a panel of experts:
- Kelsey Hightower, Author, Investor, and Open Source Contributor
- Nathen Harvey, Principal Technologist, AWS
- Jennifer Riggins, Technology Journalist
Sign up here!
