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GitKraken On-Premise customers, we’ve got exciting news! The powerful Launchpad feature, previously available only in GitKraken Cloud, is now making its way to your self-hosted environment. This update brings a simplified, efficient, and fully local way to start your day informed—helping you stay on top of your Git activity without relying on external cloud services.

Merge conflicts can derail your workflow at the worst possible moment. You’re making progress, ready to push your changes, and then suddenly—you hit a conflict. Now you have to stop, figure out what changed, track down a teammate, and resolve the issue before moving forward. It’s frustrating, time-consuming, and disrupts your momentum.

Velocity isn’t just about how fast developers write code—it’s about how efficiently that code moves from idea to production. Yet many teams struggle with an invisible bottleneck: inconsistent workflows. Without clear, standardized processes, teams hit avoidable roadblocks that slow them down in ways that aren’t always obvious. PRs linger in review, merge conflicts become routine, and onboarding a new developer feels like an unwritten scavenger hunt. The worst part?

Every development team has a workflow. But if it’s not standardized, it’s quietly draining time, energy, and productivity—without you even realizing it. A lack of consistent processes in branching, PRs, code reviews, and deployments doesn’t just create friction—it’s a silent tax on your entire team. And the cost? Easily 20+ hours per developer per month spent fixing avoidable issues instead of shipping great code.