--- title: "What causes 'bad days' for developers?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-causes-bad-days-for-developers--dmyllzpar source_url: https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/factors-contributing-to-bad-developer-days type: article source: "Software Engineering Research" published: 2024-11-25T13:59:59.227Z updated: 2024-12-08T20:24:54.641Z tags: ["microsoft", "productivity", "mental-health"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 76 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What causes 'bad days' for developers? **[Software Engineering Research](https://daily.dev/sources/abinoda)** 路 4 min read 路 76 upvotes 路 1 comments ## Summary Microsoft's study reveals that engineering system friction, such as unreliable tools and slow processes, is a major cause of bad days for developers. These issues lead to reduced productivity, increased stress, and self-doubt, particularly affecting junior and senior developers differently. Telemetry data confirms that inefficiencies in code review and build times significantly impact developer morale and performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mindplay** 路 2 upvotes > Not surprised by the number 1 here - there's nothing worse than a project that isn't fully set up for development. > > So many companies neglect this - every new team member they onboard runs around for the first two weeks poking everyone else on the shoulder for help to get this or that service running. > > Often these companies will have lots of documentation - half of it outdated and not actually working. Writing things down just isn't any kind of solution, and it's honestly shocking how some places still think that. 馃槍 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don鈥檛 just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) 路 CNCF 路 0 upvotes 路 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) 路 CNCF 路 1 upvotes 路 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) 路 CNCF 路 0 upvotes 路 0 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#mental-health](https://daily.dev/tags/mental-health) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-causes-bad-days-for-developers--dmyllzpar)