What is Compass?
10 min
By the end of this lesson you’ll be able to:
- Describe the increased friction engineers face.
- Explain the impact of unnecessary developer complexity on innovation and velocity.
- Describe the four features Compass is built upon.
Engineers face increased friction that impedes their work
Software teams are expected to own the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC): build and test, deploy code, operate, observe, and support, with continuous and real-time consideration for DevSecOps (Development, Security, and Operations). Teams rely on powerful tools to meet unique needs at each stage of the journey.
But these stages are interrelated, and there’s a better way to work across the SDLC without the context switch that moving between tools requires. Compass is a developer experience platform that connects these distinct pieces of the SDLC and creates a unified developer experience. With Compass, teams can operate in complex YBIYRI (You Built It, You Run It) environments without the cognitive load and context switching.
👇 Click the tabs below to explore three sources of increased friction for developers.
In recent years, there has been an explosion of cloud services, frameworks, libraries, and more. As a result, software is now collections of hosted services and microservices, and the code is no longer written and hosted on enterprise servers.
Compass removes these sources of developer friction by providing a single source of truth for all the tools developers use within an organization.
Complexity impedes innovation and velocity
What are some sources of this complexity?
👇Click the tabs below to view the statistics for different sources of complexity.
25% of devs spend more than an hour daily looking for software, tools, data, and more to do their job.
What are the features of Compass?
Improve your DevEx with a unified software catalog. A comprehensive software component catalog reduces cognitive load, allowing developers to move faster.