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Most engineering leaders can't answer that question.
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A letter from the founder
How to Build High-Performing Engineering Teams
I've worked in large corporates where dashboards gave senior leadership a macro view, but individual teams? They were left guessing. Making decisions on gut feel, not data. Performance suffers. Ambiguity breeds anxiety, and anxious teams start gaming the system instead of improving it.
At smaller companies, I saw the opposite: complicated dashboards drowning teams in noise. Charts everywhere, but no clear answer to "What should we actually do to ship more and become a high-performing team?"
Both approaches create the same problem: people changing behavior to survive the metrics rather than use them to get better.
Here's what I learned building engineering teams: metrics should illuminate the system, not interrogate the people. You need DORA and SPACE metrics that show you whether your engineering environment is set up for success, that everyone can see. You need transparency so teams can self-correct before things snowball. And you need this without a 6-week implementation project or endless charts that look impressive but don't help.
So I built Coderbuds to do exactly that. Five minutes to connect. Integrates everywhere you are. AI tells you where your bottlenecks are and what to fix first. The same metrics high-performing teams use, but built for humans, not leaderboards.
If you want to lead with clarity instead of defend with excuses, this is for you.
Click GitHub/Bitbucket → Authorize → Done
127 PRs • 43 deployments • DORA + SPACE baselines ready
Performance graded • Bottlenecks identified • Recommendations ready
Free trial • No credit card • Cancel anytime
Sound familiar?
The Meeting Where Everything Unravels
The board asks: "How productive is engineering?" You pull up Jira. Cycle time looks... fine? But you can't prove the team got faster after that reorg. You can't explain why that feature took 3 sprints. You sound defensive. Again.
The Answer Leaders Trust
Built on the SPACE Framework—developed by Microsoft Research, Google, and University of Victoria. Used by elite engineering teams to measure what actually matters.
Satisfaction
Developer happiness, burnout risk, team well-being
Performance
DORA metrics: deployment frequency, lead time, failure rate
Activity
What work is being done: PRs, deployments, velocity
Collaboration
Code review quality, cycle time, team dynamics
Efficiency
Flow state, focus time, minimal friction
AI-Powered Insights
Stop Reviewing PRs Blind. See Patterns.
AI scores every pull request for quality, size, and risk. See patterns across your whole team — where you're excelling, where bottlenecks form, and where small changes make the biggest impact.
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Clean implementation with good accessibility practices and clear code organization.
🎯 Quality: 92% Elite · 📦 Size: Medium
📈 This month: Your 14th PR — above team average · Averaging Elite
From Data to Action
Most Tools Stop at Dashboards.
We Tell You What to Do.
Stop guessing which problems matter most. Get AI-powered recommendations across all SPACE dimensions that prioritize improvements by impact, show you exactly what to do, and track progress to completion.
Recommendations
Actionable suggestions to improve team performance
Picture this: 6 months from now
You walk into the board meeting with a single slide. DORA Elite status. Lead time down 75%. Deployments up 20x. Just data.
That's exactly what Patchstack did
From Guessing to Elite in 6 Months
Lead Time
~4 days
Before
~1 day
75% faster
Deploys
Bi-weekly
Stressful
Daily
20x more
DORA
None
Guessing
Elite
Top tier
Before Coderbuds
Lead Time
SlowCode sitting in review limbo
Deployments
Infrequent"Big bang" releases with stress
Visibility
NoneDecisions based on gut feelings
After 6 Months
Lead Time
75% fasterBottlenecks identified instantly
Deployments
20x moreSmall batches, confident releases
DORA Status
Top TierOperating at elite performance level
"Now I walk into leadership meetings with data, not guesswork — and the team finally knows what 'good' looks like."
Dave Jong
CTO, Patchstack
No credit card • No sales call • Results in 5 minutes
Weekly Reports That Write Themselves
Stop Building Reports. Start Using Them.
DORA metrics, team highlights, and summaries of what shipped delivered to Slack and Teams. Link PRs to Jira epics for feature-level visibility. Never scramble for board meeting data again.
What's it worth?
Visibility That Pays For Itself in Week One
See the math. Hours saved, velocity gained, and the ROI of finally knowing what's working.
- Measure real team performance gains
- Eliminate hours spent building reports
- Catch stale PRs before they block releases
- Prove velocity improvements with data
Conservative estimate of velocity improvement.
Hours saved/mo
Across engineers
Annual Value
ROI
Calculation breakdown:
Is Coderbuds Right for You?
We're opinionated about engineering metrics. That's a feature, not a bug.
Perfect fit
Coderbuds is for you if...
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You want research-backed frameworks
SPACE & DORA from Microsoft/Google, not startup opinions
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You need signals, not verdicts
Data that starts conversations, not ends careers
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Team well-being matters, not just velocity
Track satisfaction & burnout alongside performance metrics
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You're on GitHub or Bitbucket
Connect in 5 minutes, see results immediately
Not the right tool
Coderbuds is NOT for you if...
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You want stack rankings
Leaderboards that pit engineers against each other
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Metrics mean control
Looking for surveillance, not clarity
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You need "productivity scores"
Numbers to justify decisions you've already made
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Not on GitHub or Bitbucket
We integrate deeply — GitLab coming soon
Frequently asked questions
- What is the SPACE Framework?
- SPACE is a research framework developed by Microsoft Research, Google, and the University of Victoria that measures 5 dimensions of productivity: Satisfaction & Well-being, Performance (DORA metrics), Activity (work output), Communication & Collaboration, and Efficiency & Flow. It provides a holistic view beyond just code output.
- What are DORA metrics and why do they matter?
- DORA metrics are industry-standard measurements for software delivery: Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, Change Failure Rate, and Recovery Time. They help teams identify bottlenecks and prove improvements with data.
- Are you just another DORA dashboard?
- No. DORA is one dimension (Performance) of the SPACE Framework. We track all 5 dimensions including developer satisfaction, collaboration quality, and work-life balance—giving you the complete picture of team health and productivity, not just deployment metrics.
- How do you measure developer satisfaction?
- We use anonymous weekly pulse surveys (3 questions, ~1 minute) and monthly deep dive surveys (15 questions, ~5 minutes) to track happiness, focus time, collaboration quality, tools satisfaction, and growth opportunities. Team leads only see aggregated team-level scores to protect individual privacy and encourage honest feedback.
- Why measure multiple dimensions instead of just velocity?
- Single metrics can be gamed. If you only track PRs shipped, teams create tiny PRs. If you only track deployments, quality suffers. SPACE's 5 dimensions create a balanced scorecard—you can't optimize one without the others staying healthy. It's how elite teams maintain sustainable performance.
- How quickly can I see results?
- Within 5 minutes of connecting your repositories. Trial users get 30 days of historical data imported and analyzed. Subscribers get 6 months of history for deeper trend analysis.
- Do you store our code?
- Never. We only store metadata — timestamps, PR titles, and statistics. Your source code stays in GitHub or Bitbucket. No screen recording, no keystroke logging, no surveillance.
- How does this avoid feeling like 'bossware'?
- By focusing on the system, not interrogating people. We provide signals for better conversations, not verdicts for performance reviews. When engineers see the same data as leadership, transparency builds trust.
- What makes Coderbuds different from LinearB or Swarmia?
- AI-native analysis on every PR, built for 5–50 person teams, transparent per-developer pricing, and no enterprise implementation project. Setup in 5 minutes, not 5 weeks.
- What's the difference between metrics for control vs. clarity?
- Control-focused tools rank developers against each other. Clarity-focused tools illuminate the system so teams improve themselves. We built Coderbuds for clarity — measure the work, not the people.
One Plan. Everything Included.
Start free. Upgrade when you trust the numbers.
Lead with data, not guesswork
Prove your engineering investments are paying off. Walk into leadership meetings with clarity, not excuses.
What's included
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GitHub, Bitbucket & Jira integration
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AI-powered PR scoring on every review
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DORA metrics and team dashboards
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6 months historical data included
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Slack & Teams notifications
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Your code is never stored
Per developer per month
Considering other tools? See how Coderbuds compares to LinearB, DX, Swarmia, and Haystack