Mergify CEO & Co-Founder
Product Features
We are thrilled to announce that Mergify now seamlessly integrates with Datadog without any agent! This powerful combination allows you to monitor your automation workflows and gain actionable insights directly from your development process. With Mergify’s metrics visualized in your Datadog dashboard, you can enhance your real-time monitoring capabilities
Basic Knowledge
In the fast-paced world of software development, maintaining stability while delivering new features is a constant balancing act. One critical practice that helps achieve this balance is the code freeze. Whether you're a software engineer or a release manager, understanding the nuances of code freezes—including regular and
Versus
If you've been using Bulldozer to automate pull requests (or thinking about it), you might have experienced some limitations that, while functional, don’t fully empower you as a developer or project maintainer. Bulldozer, an open-source tool for auto-merging PRs once conditions are met, provides some baseline capabilities
Technical
On September 17th, 2024, Mergify service went down from 07:45 UTC to 09:35 UTC. Due to the nature of the incident, we think it would be interesting to share with our users the context of this incident, how we handled it, how we restored the service, and what
Product Features
We’re about to reinvent our Merge Queue, even though it’s already working well for hundreds of organizations. We’re driven by the need to stay ahead. This change might cause temporary discomfort, but it’s essential to keep pushing forward and delivering an even better system for our users.
Changelog
Today, we are thrilled to announce not one but two new features to illuminate your day! Introducing Merge Protections 🛡️ Designed to complement GitHub’s branch protection and rulesets, Merge Protections allows for advanced customization and control over your merge workflows, addressing the specific needs of your projects. While GitHub’s
Technical
CI/CD is more than just a current trend in the software development landscape. It's an essential element of a streamlined development cycle. Two tools often linked with these methodologies are TeamCity and Mergify.
How We Do It
In 2018, when Mergify first saw the light of day, the world of software development looked rather different. It was a time when Mehdi, Mergify's co-founder, and CTO, and I aimed to alleviate the constant pain of rebasing pull requests for our team of just four developers. With
Best Practices
While using GitHub Actions can be costly, it is possible to save monetary resources by developing the right strategy. In this article, you'll find a list of all the tips and tricks we rely on at Mergify to keep our CI budget under control with GitHub Actions.
How We Do It
In the dynamic landscape of software development, unforeseen challenges can occasionally arise, bringing with them valuable lessons and reinforcing the importance of collaboration. We'd like to provide an in-depth account of a recent incident that put these principles to the test. The Genesis of the Incident On July
How We Do It
As engineers, we're programmed to think logically, to dive headfirst into complex problems, to find solutions, and, ultimately, to build. But when we transition from engineering to the thrilling world of startups, we find ourselves in unfamiliar territory, needing to acquire a new skill set — one that includes
How We Do It
In the developer tools landscape, we carve our niche through a unique, bottom-up approach to marketing and developer advocacy. As the brainchild of two engineers, it seemed a natural course for us to target a demographic we knew so well—developers. Even as our marketing efforts have evolved to target