Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform for $1B (opens in new tab)

(techcrunch.com)

13 pointspastelsky6mo ago3 comments

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Wow! $1B for a bootstrapped company [1]!! Congrats!!

> he wanted to build something better that didn’t make developers feel like they were being surveilled.

This is important. However I think whether metrics feel like surveillance depends on company culture not the tool.

pluc6mo ago

I've trialed DX - it's basically a survey. Great questions, UI and integrations, but still just a survey.

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Wow! $1B for a bootstrapped company [1]!! Congrats!!

> he wanted to build something better that didn’t make developers feel like they were being surveilled.

This is important. However I think whether metrics feel like surveillance depends on company culture not the tool.

pluc6mo ago

I've trialed DX - it's basically a survey. Great questions, UI and integrations, but still just a survey.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse