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How We Used Our Own Agentic AI to Boost Development Velocity

At Gitar, we’ve been dogfooding our own agentic AI product, and it’s dramatically transformed how we build software. Our development velocity has shifted into overdrive. Since deploying our agents, we’ve seen a 5x acceleration in PR merges, and over ...

Gitar, Your Agentic Team

Teams are generating more code faster with the help of AI but the way they review and maintain code is still stuck in the past. Review queues pile up as engineers can’t keep up with review demands and progress stalls while everyone waits for approval...

The Challenges of Parsing Kotlin Part I: Newline Handling

Kotlin has an expressive and flexible syntax that enables a clean, modern coding style, but it also complicates parsing. This two-part blog series sheds light on Kotlin’s unique syntactic features and the parsing techniques needed to handle these fea...

Introducing Jimy

We are excited to introduce Jimy - the agentic AI to build better software. Jimy integrates seamlessly across the entire software lifecycle and enables engineering teams to focus on delivering features rather than paying down technical debt. Technica...

Automating code migrations with speed and accuracy

Migrating old code to new systems isn't just about keeping up with industry trends — it’s about making sure your software stays efficient, scalable, and secure. Code migrations also yield second order benefits, such as cost efficiency and improved de...

Gitar Achieves SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance: Strengthening Our Commitment to Security

We are excited to announce that Gitar has officially achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification! This milestone reinforces our dedication to maintaining the highest standards of data security, privacy, and operational excellence. SOC 2 Type 2 compliance is ...

How to develop comprehensive testing infrastructure

At Gitar, we rely on a comprehensive testing infrastructure to move quickly and with high quality. The core of our initial product is a code analysis and rewrite engine that works across programming languages and frameworks. This is challenging becau...

Dead Code, Dead Weight: The Unseen Drain on Your Resources

In the fast-paced world of software development, dead code is a silent but costly adversary. It’s an insidious form of technical debt that can significantly impact your business’s efficiency, time, and finances. Here’s a closer look at the repercussi...

Gitar’s Early Access Release at LaunchDarkly Galaxy

We’re thrilled to unveil our first product at LaunchDarkly’s Galaxy 2024 user conference where we’ll open up limited early access to Galaxy attendees at Ameya Ketkar’s talk on “Mo’ Flags, No Debt”. You can also see a preview of Gitar’s integration w...