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How to Use Software Development Metrics to Make Better Engineering Decisions

Metrics are decision tools, not performance scores. Learn how to use signals from your repositories to make better decisions about technical debt, staffing, and team structure.

Collaboration and Code-Quality Metrics: Signals That Predict Team Health (2025)

High-performing teams don't fail from bad commits, but from degrading collaboration. Learn which Git-based metrics reveal how your team collaborates and the true health of your codebase.

How to Measure the Real Productivity of Your Development Team: Key Metrics Guide (2025)

What are the best metrics to track team productivity? This guide explains core engineering metrics like lead time, PR cycle time, and change failure rate, and how to interpret them safely.

The Best Productivity Tools for Engineering Teams with Advanced Analytics (2025)

Modern engineering teams have outgrown simple velocity charts. Understand what developer productivity means in 2025 and how tools like GitLights, Code Climate Velocity, LinearB, and Jellyfish approach analytics.

2025 Comparison: Gitlights vs. Leading Developer Productivity Platforms

A structured comparison of Gitlights, LinearB, Code Climate Velocity, Hatica, and Jellyfish. Find the right developer productivity platform for your team size and goals.

Top Tools to Improve Developer Collaboration in 2025

Discover the best developer collaboration tools for 2025. Compare GitHub, Linear, Notion, Slack, and Gitlights to boost team velocity, code reviews, and reduce technical debt.

AI-Assisted Code Reviews: Enhancing Your Git Workflow Without Losing Human Oversight

Discover how AI tools can accelerate code reviews while maintaining quality standards—from automated PR summaries to intelligent issue detection.

GitHub Insights, Not Guesswork: See Real Development Signals

Turn raw GitHub activity into clear engineering insights with visual dashboards—no individual metrics, just actionable team context.

Why Individual GitHub Metrics Fail & What Teams Should Track

Measuring developers alone backfires. Learn better ways to leverage GitHub analytics for healthy, effective team performance.

Measuring Technical Investment with GitHub Insights

See the balance of new code, fixes, and refactoring in GitHub to guide strategy and align engineering with business goals.

Building Technical Transparency with Visual GitHub Data

Visualizing GitHub activity in Gitlights nurtures openness, healthy discussions, and stronger alignment—without micromanaging developers.

Better Technical Decisions with GitHub Data

Use GitHub insights to replace gut feelings with evidence when planning and making trade-offs—while preserving team autonomy.

Smarter PR & Branch Management with Real GitHub Data

Improve branches, pull requests, and collaboration using Gitlights dashboards that surface real development patterns—not assumptions.

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In Gitlights, we are focused on providing a holistic view of a development team's activity. Our mission is to offer detailed visualizations that illuminate the insights behind each commit, pull request, and development skill. With advanced AI and NLP algorithms, Gitlights drives strategic decision-making, fosters continuous improvement, and promotes excellence in collaboration, enabling teams to reach their full potential.

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