audit: Developer experience (DX) review

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Audit: Developer Experience (DX)

Evaluate the developer experience for contributors.

Onboarding

1. Time to First Build - How long?
2. Dependencies - Easy to install?
3. Documentation - Clear enough?
4. Gotchas - Undocumented issues?

Development Workflow

1. Local Development

   • Hot reload?
   • Fast feedback loop?
   • Easy debugging?

2. Testing

   • Fast test runs?
   • Easy to run single test?
   • Good test output?

3. Build System

   • Intuitive commands?
   • Clear error messages?
   • Incremental builds?

Tooling

1. IDE Support - Editor configs?
2. Linting - Auto-fixable?
3. Formatting - Pre-commit hooks?
4. Type Checking - Type hints?

CLI/Interface

1. Help Text - Useful --help?
2. Error Messages - Actionable?
3. Progress Feedback - Long operations?
4. Configuration - Sensible defaults?

Pain Points

What makes development frustrating?

• Slow builds?
• Flaky tests?
• Complex setup?
• Poor error messages?

Output

Save to AUDIT-DX.md

Include specific improvement suggestions.

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