Virtual Event
Build vs. buy: Why DIY engineering metrics break at scale
Yes, you can vibe-code a productivity dashboard in a weekend. We know - we're about to do it for you.
Join Andrew Zigler, Ben Lloyd Pearson, and Dan Lines for a 35-minute workshop where we'll show where agentic AI breaks down when trying to build an engineering productivity platform that drives improvement.
(Spoiler: DIY solutions top out at around 60% of the value a purpose-built platform delivers — and the last 40% is where behavior actually changes.)
All registrants get first access to the accompanying guide: "Build vs. buy: Why DIY engineering metrics break at scale."
Session
1pm ET on May 21, 2026
Speakers
Andrew Zigler
Sr. Developer Advocate, LinearB
Ben Lloyd Pearson
Director of Developer Experience, LinearB
Dan Lines
COO, LinearB
About the workshop
Engineering leaders are asking a fair question: with Claude, Cursor, some time and some tokens, why buy a platform when you can build one?
It's a good question. And as the company selling the platform, we're not going to pretend the answer is "you can't do it." You can. Smart engineers are doing it right now.
What they're discovering - usually around month three - is the gap between a dashboard that shows metrics and a platform that changes how teams work.
In this 35-minute workshop, we'll:
Vibe-code a DIY engineering metrics platform using agentic AI, the same way your team would.
Walk through where it breaks: identity resolution across tools, the gap between naive cycle time and accurate computed measures, and the part nobody talks about: actionability.
Show what DIY never gets to: automated workflows, AI code reviews, benchmarking, and what happens when the person who built the dang thing moves on.
Answer your questions live. Bring the tough ones!
You'll leave with a clear-eyed view of what's worth building yourself, what's worth buying, and how to tell the difference.
About the report
Every registrant gets first access to our companion guide: Build vs. buy: Why DIY engineering metrics break at scale.
It's the written counterpart to the workshop - a deeper walkthrough of the five places DIY solutions consistently break, the hidden maintenance costs that don't show up in the initial build, and an honest framework for deciding when to build, when to buy, and when to graduate from one to the other.
If your team is already running a homegrown metrics setup, the guide also includes a migration path. (No judgment. We've seen this movie before, and the ending is usually better than the middle.)
Register above to save your seat and get the guide in your inbox the moment it's live.