Case Study: LawnStarter boosts engineering productivity and code quality with Code Climate

LawnStarter improves cycle time 38% with Code Climate

LawnStarter, a platform connecting homeowners with outdoor service professionals, faced the challenge of scaling its engineering team while simultaneously improving code quality and team performance. To build a culture of continuous improvement and gain visibility into engineering activities, their VP of Engineering, Alberto Silveira, turned to Code Climate and its Velocity platform for engineering intelligence.

Code Climate's solution provided LawnStarter with a transparent scorecard of key engineering metrics like PR Throughput and Weekly Coding Days, which empowered developers to proactively monitor their own progress. By leveraging these data-driven insights, LawnStarter was able to reorganize workflows, reduce time spent in meetings, and address process imbalances. This resulted in a 38% improvement in Cycle Time and PR Throughput, a 57% improvement in Time to First Review, and nearly 100% of PRs being reviewed.

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