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APR 27, 2021

Sourcegraph 3.27 release

Sourcegraph 3.27 release includes Batch Changes updates, changes to the minimum required version of Postgres, and added a new seach feature.

APR 15, 2021

How to avoid iterative software development mistakes, explained in 5 pull requests

It doesn't matter whether you call it Agile, Sprint, Shape Up, or something else. The premise of iterative software development is this: until you've built the product, you don't really know what it should look like or how to best build it.

APR 6, 2021

Why we're friends, not competitors, with code hosts

Some people assume that Sourcegraph competes with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and other code hosts. This is wrong! In fact, we need code hosts to exist, and code hosts benefit from the existence of a good, vendor-neutral code search tool. Here's why.

MAR 31, 2021

Why we're updating the minimum supported version of Postgres

As of Sourcegraph 3.27, we're updating the minimum supported version of Postgres from 9.6 to 12. Here's why.

MAR 24, 2021

Introducing Batch Changes

Learn how to automate and track large-scale code changes across all of your repositories and code hosts with Sourcegraph Batch Changes.

MAR 16, 2021

Improving code display: A look at 17 developer workspaces

While our research is far from complete, we thought you might find a breakdown of the visual characteristics of where our team writes code of interest.

JAN 20, 2021

Interactive search mode is no longer supported

As part of our 3.24 release, interactive search mode is no longer supported. We deprecated the feature last September, and as of January 20, 2021, it has been removed for all users.

DEC 3, 2020

Sourcegraph raises $50M Series C round led by Sequoia

Today we're announcing Sourcegraph's $50M Series C round of funding led by Sequoia. We'll use this funding to bring universal code search to more developers and companies.

NOV 24, 2020

An ex-Googler's guide to dev tools

After leaving Google, many engineers miss the developer tools. Here's one ex-Googler's guide to navigating the dev tools landscape outside of Google, finding the ones that fill the gaps you're feeling, and introducing these to your new team.

NOV 13, 2020

Why code search is still needed for monorepos.

Sourcegraph is the leading code intelligence platform revolutionizing how developers understand, fix, and automate their code.

OCT 29, 2020

Can you hear me? No, but we read you - an experiment with video calls

When our VP of Product suggested an idea to help the team build empathy and better understand the video call experience from the perspective of someone relying on captions, we jumped on it.

OCT 19, 2020

Code search turned code checker

I find code checkers like linters and lightweight static analyzers most valuable when they teach me better ways to code in a language or framework.

OCT 5, 2020

Code ownership: Why we built a new tool for subscribing to file changes

We're rethinking the way code ownership works at Sourcegraph and building a new tool that enables developers to subscribe to file changes in a Git repository.

OCT 1, 2020

Survey findings reveal big code presents challenges for development teams across all industries

The Big Code survey shows 94% of software development professionals affected by big code. The data gathered serves to quantify Big Code's complexity, understand its real impact on development and business outcomes, and identify what needs to be done so enterprises can succeed.

SEP 30, 2020

Let's rethink the software engineer career path

The software engineer career path is rarely clear, linear, or universal. It's time engineers rethink the different career paths they can take.

SEP 17, 2020

What happens when a successful product gets its first design team...

Sourcegraph is the leading code intelligence platform revolutionizing how developers understand, fix, and automate their code.

SEP 6, 2020

Optimizing a code intelligence indexer

Sourcegraph is the leading code intelligence platform revolutionizing how developers understand, fix, and automate their code.

AUG 25, 2020

Search code quickly by going to `cs.dev/QUERY`.

We made the cs.dev shortcut URL service so that you can jump to code search faster.

JUN 20, 2020

Sourcegraph 3.17: Faster and automatic precise code intelligence, and AND/OR queries for searching file contents

We've shipped Sourcegraph 3.17 with many improvements to help you explore, navigate, and understand your code with universal code search.

JUN 17, 2020

The Language Server Index Format (LSIF) at Sourcegraph, a year in review

We've spent a year building out the world's largest semantic code index using the Language Server Index Format (LSIF). Read about the technical journey, from MVP to scaling and optimizing the system to support large-scale codebases.