Scale Developer Efficiency with Programmable Workflows
Create a paved path for your developers with workflow automation to help your team:
Decrease cycle time by 44%
Create a high efficiency merge process
Standardize merge policies across your org
We correlate data across your tools to identify bottlenecks and automate developer workflow optimization.
PR Reviews Are the Most Painful Part of the SDLC
80% of engineering leaders agree that the review process is the most painful part of their development workflow.
There are two types of PR review methods today, and both lean extreme:
- Slow and cumbersome – 2 reviewers required for all PRs
- Fast and unresponsive – trunk-based development without any code review
Eliminate a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Code Reviews with Workflow Automation
To help teams mitigate bottlenecks in the review process and create a continuous merge workflow, we provide them with two tools:
gitStream is a workflow automation tool that applies policy rules to your repos that classify and route your PRs
WorkerB is a chatbot that provides real-time notification and context about your PRs, automating many of the pre-merge manual tasks developers hate.
Use Programmable Workflows to Build a Paved Path to Developer Productivity
Higher Quality
Less Idle Time
Policy
as Code
Goal Setting
When it comes to high-risk code, it’s imperative that changes are thoroughly reviewed by the most qualified person.
To enforce higher code quality, teams can use gitStream and workerB in tandem to:
Ensure the best reviewer for sensitive code
Flag PRs merged without review
Require 2+ approvals for complex PRs
Use Programmable Workflows to Build a Paved Path to Developer Productivity
Higher Quality
Less Idle Time
Policy
as Code
Goal Setting
Programmable workflows help keep your processes lean by automating annoying tasks and reducing PR idle time.
How are we saving your developers time? Your teams can now:
Create JIRA tickets for undocumented pull requests
Approve safe PRs with one click
Eliminate PR status updates between team
Use Programmable Workflows to Build a Paved Path to Developer Productivity
Higher Quality
Less Idle Time
Policy
as Code
Goal Setting
Workflow automation drives compliance and best practice behavior through the use of team notifications (WorkerB) and change requests (gitStream).
Programmable workflows help your team:
Construct a rules-based merge process
Manage PRs based on the content of the code
Create enforceable merge standards for all dev teams
Use Programmable Workflows to Build a Paved Path to Developer Productivity
Higher Quality
Less Idle Time
Policy
as Code
Goal Setting
It’s important to keep your developers unblocked day-to-day, but it’s just as critical to ensure that your team is actively improving.
Some of our favorite team goals include:
Pull Request Size
PRs Merged without Review
Pull Request Life Cycle Length
High Risk Work (based on rework rate)
“I used to wait around a lot during the dev process. Waiting for unit tests to pass, waiting for someone to pick up and approve my PR, waiting for the build to complete so I can cut a release… Since we adopted gitStream and WorkerB, I’m never waiting because I’m notified of all these events - my whole team is and everything moves much quicker now.”
Truong-An Thai
VP of Engineering
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FloSports
A Closer Look at WorkerB and gitStream
WorkerB Case Study: Unbabel
“WorkerB helps engineers focus on the right things. Software development is a process, you can’t just do the coding. You’ve got to balance coding with reviewing, and WorkerB reminds them to stop working on the new thing and go review some code.
High performance teams need a psychologically safe environment. They don’t gel if someone is getting a whack on the knuckles every time they forget a Pull Request Review.
WorkerB helps manage our Pull Request process with simple alerts. It’s just a nice way of doing it.”
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