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Why Developer Velocity Isn’t the Best Measure of Productivity

What is developer velocity? How do you calculate it? When should you use it, and when should you not? Check out some developer velocity pitfalls and the best...

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You Don't Need to Sacrifice Developer Experience for Productivity

What better way to create high-performing, highly-engaged engineering teams than to help your engineers optimize their workflows and improve developer experienc...

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Top 3 Pluralsight Flow Alternatives

Pluralsight Flow is a well-known software development analytics tool, but not the only one. Here’s a comparison with GitClear, Code Climate, and LinearB.

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Why Companies Chose LinearB For Engineering Metrics

Want proof that LinearB was created by engineers, for engineers? Just look at why our customers chose it.

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How to Survive the PR Overload from Hacktoberfest

As an open-source project maintainer, Hacktoberfest is a great way to get new contributors and accomplish tasks for your open-source project, but it can also...

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How Unbabel Doubled Deployment Frequency With LinearB

When your dev team improves its deployment frequency, it lifts up every other department in your business.

The Best Software Engineering Podcasts (2025 Edition)

From Dev Interrupted to The Changelog, we’ve put together a list of the 11 best software engineering podcasts to check out this year.

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What is Cycle Time in Software Development?

In software development, cycle time is the time from first commit to production release. Learn how to measure it and improve it with LinearB.

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Solving the Next Engineering Challenge: Continuous Merge

What’s the next big challenge for developers? Actually getting code merged. Our solution: continuous merge and the first stand-alone continuous merge...

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Why Developer Velocity Isn’t the Best Measure of Productivity

You Don't Need to Sacrifice Developer Experience for Productivity

Top 3 Pluralsight Flow Alternatives

Join our community of data-driven dev leaders

Why Companies Chose LinearB For Engineering Metrics

How to Survive the PR Overload from Hacktoberfest

How Unbabel Doubled Deployment Frequency With LinearB

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