The Slack-based Developer Experience surveys documented on this page are part of Waydev’s legacy platform and are no longer the current way to run DX surveys. Snapshots, launched 14 August 2026, replaces it with scored, benchmarked surveys that pair perception data with delivery metrics, industry percentile comparisons, team breakdowns, and trend tracking over time.
If you are setting up developer experience surveys for the first time, start with Snapshots rather than the legacy module below. If your team is already using the legacy surveys, the rest of this page still describes how it works while you migrate.
See what Snapshots addsThe legacy module was built to collect sentiment quickly through Slack. Snapshots keeps that same low-friction idea and adds the parts that turn a survey into something you can act on and defend in a leadership meeting.
| Capability | Legacy DX module | Snapshots |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery channel | Slack, Teams planned | Yes |
| Custom questions and templates | Yes | Yes |
| Scored perception index (0 to 100) | Not scored | DXI |
| Benchmarked against industry data | No | P50 and P90 percentiles |
| Friction measured in hours and dollars | No | Annualized cost per workflow |
| Team-by-metric heatmap | No | Yes |
| Votes and threaded comments | No | Yes |
| Trend and distribution over time | Basic history only | Yes |
| Triage status per team | No | Yes |
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Everything below this line describes the legacy module as it existed before Snapshots. It is kept for teams mid-migration and for historical reference, not as the recommended way to run DX surveys going forward.
The legacy Developer Experience (DX) module was designed to give leaders the insight they need to identify the challenges their contributors face and unlock their full potential, with a positive developer experience as the underlying goal.
It let you send surveys to your entire team over Slack, with Microsoft Teams support planned but not shipped before the module was superseded, giving real-time visibility into mood, frustrations, and potential blockers. You could build a custom survey from scratch or start from a template built for a specific use case.
Once a survey was set up, the team received questions directly in Slack and answered through Waydev’s Slackbot without leaving the chat. Results then rolled up inside Waydev, showing the overall feeling on the team: how people felt about workload, task clarity, and whatever else the survey was built to explore.
The legacy DX surveys live in the Health section of Waydev.
Open the View button next to any completed survey to see its results.
Full legacy documentation is available at docs.waydev.co, though new setups should use Snapshots instead.
Snapshots covers everything the legacy module did and adds scoring, benchmarking, and cost data your leadership team can act on directly.
Read the Snapshots launch postOr schedule a demo to see it on your own team.
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