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August 20, 2026

Jira Formula Fields: What Shipped, Where It Stops, and Why You Don’t Have It Yet

Jira's first genuinely new field type in years closed a request from 2015. Free on every Cloud edition, 51 functions, two limits Atlassian states outright,…

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July 30, 2026

Confluence Content Audit: 10 Queries, All From Atlassian’s Own Documentation

Confluence has no stale-content report and no orphaned-pages screen since 7.0. Here are 10 queries that find deletable pages and measure attachment version bloat —…

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July 23, 2026

Imagine Building a Diagram Just by Describing It

AWS diagrams take about an hour by hand. About five minutes with AI — the math, the sources, and where we are honestly estimating.

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Robotic arms generate a fast stream of pull requests on conveyor belts, piling up at a review checkpoint where a single human reviewer inspects them with a magnifying glass

July 7, 2026

AI Writes Half Your Code Now. So Why Are Your Pull Requests Slower?

AI-authored code crossed 50% in 2026 and code review became the bottleneck: developers feel 20% faster but ship 19% slower, and 61% of AI pull…

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May 27, 2026

We shipped Diagram.now — a Confluence-native diagram editor with 1,200+ shapes

Imports from Gliffy, Lucidchart, Visio, and Mermaid. Real-time editing. Runs entirely on Atlassian Forge.

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May 13, 2026

Your Jira Board Generates Dozens of Updates Every Day. Almost None of Them Need Your Attention.

Jira sends every event as an interchangeable notification. The per-event model fails at scale. DaySignal is a daily digest that does the triage before the…

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April 15, 2026

Every git push Waits 5-10 Minutes for Jenkins. Here’s What Polling Actually Costs Your Team.

Every git push Waits 5-10 Minutes for Jenkins. Here’s What Polling Actually Costs Your Team. Every git push Waits 5–10 Minutes for Jenkins. Here’s What…

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March 18, 2026

AI Replaced a Jira Admin Last Week. Here’s What Actually Happened.

AI Replaced a Jira Admin Last Week. Here’s What Actually Happened. AI Replaced a Jira Admin Last Week. Here’s What Actually Happened. Real cases, real…

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March 4, 2026

The True Cost Per Jira User: Why Your Budget Shows $9 but Reality Is $35

The True Cost Per Jira User: Why Your Budget Shows $9 but Reality Is $35 The True Cost Per Jira User: Why Your Budget Shows…

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February 18, 2026

Jira Data Center Upgrade Checklist: Find What Breaks Before You Upgrade

Your Jira Upgrade Will Break 3 Things. Here’s How to Find Them First Your Jira Upgrade Will Break 3 Things. Here’s How to Find Them…

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