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Your Boss Doesn't Understand Your Work (Here's Why)

Developer productivity metrics create unique anxiety. If your company rolled out tracking systems like DORA metrics or velocity dashboards, you're probably wondering what these numbers mean and how they'll evaluate your work. At GitKon 2025, we assembled senior engineers from GitHub, Cloudflare, Kong, and GitKraken to discuss "Your Boss is Measuring You, Now What?" The panel included both individual contributors and engineering leaders, creating an honest conversation about measurement from both perspectives.

Code Reviews Done Right: The Framework That Stops Bugs Before Production

Learn code review best practices from experienced developer Shashi Lo at GitKon 2025. Discover how to review pull requests effectively, give constructive feedback using the nit vs. non-nit framework, and leverage AI tools like CodeRabbit and GitHub Copilot to catch bugs humans miss. Shashi Lo shares 20+ years of code review philosophy, demonstrating real PR reviews on his Secret Santa app and showing exactly what makes thorough code review essential for shipping production-ready code.

MCP: Why AI Needs Git Intelligence

GitKraken CTO Eric Amodio breaks down the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and explains why Git intelligence is critical for AI agents at GitKon 2025. In this session, Eric covers: What MCP is and why every major AI company adopted it Why AI needs Git history, not just file system access How GitKraken MCP removes Git pain safely The future of agentic developer workflows How Commit Composer uses AI to organize commits without losing data.

GitKraken Insights | Engineering Intelligence in Minutes

Most software intelligence tools take months to implement, cost a fortune, and end up collecting dust. GitKraken Insights is different. It helps engineering leaders measure what matters: AI impact, code quality, delivery performance, and developer experience, all in one place. It’s the latest evolution of the GitKraken DevEx platform, trusted by over 40 million developers. Insights connects data from across your GitKraken tools to give you a complete picture of engineering health and value. We're talking DORA metrics, pull request metrics, and AI impact.

GitKraken Desktop 11.8 Release: ARM Support, Undo Rebase, More Shallow Clone Support

Happy New Year! This release combines user requests from 11.7 with smart defaults and perf improvements in 11.8. We've got full ARM support, expanded shallow clone functionality, and a mightier UNDO button plus more. What’s New.

How Standardizing Dev Workflows Boosts Velocity, Quality & Joy - with Jason Gates

What if your dev team loved their workflows? Jason Gates from Sandia National Labs joins GitKraken’s VP of Developer Research, Jeremy Castile, to unpack the real-world challenges and powerful benefits of developer workflow standardization. In this candid conversation, Jason shares lessons from helping dozens of teams improve their software delivery — from reducing friction and boosting velocity, to creating joyful, productive developer experiences. They dive into.