Extend switches from Jellyfish to DX for actionable engineering insights

Extend relies on a team of over 100 developers to power its product protection platform. As the company scaled, leadership needed greater visibility into engineering productivity and developer experience to maintain product velocity and innovation.

Extend initially used Jellyfish but found its Git and Jira-based tracking too shallow to drive meaningful improvements. Leadership had to interpret the numbers without understanding what they really meant. As Rami Lesham, VP or Platform Engineering shared: “With Jellyfish, we lacked context to understand what was good or bad. We were at 17% last month, now we’re at 18%. What does that mean—is that good? Is that bad?”

Without deeper insights, it was difficult to align on and prioritize the most critical issues. Extend needed a prescriptive framework and richer data.

“With Jellyfish, we lacked context to understand what was good or bad. We were at 17% last month and now we’re at 18%. What does that mean—is that good? Is that bad?”

Rami Leshem, VP of Platform Engineering, Extend

Jellyfish tracked DORA metrics and summarized Jira data, but DX enabled Extend’s platform team and business leaders to drive real improvements. The DX Core 4 framework provided a clear model to align stakeholders on key metrics and goals. Proprietary benchmarks enabled meaningful performance comparisons, increasing confidence in decisions. DX combined quantitative system data with qualitative feedback to answer deeper questions like, “How does test coverage impact code quality?”

“DX has become the most truthful gauge of where we are as an organization.”

Matthew Schrepel, Head of Developer Experience, Extend

By replacing Jellyfish, Extend saved $450K annually and eliminated the need to hire three additional full-time employees for manual processes. Today, DX is the source of truth, providing visibility into where developer time is being lost and where improvements can be made. Matthew Schrepel shares, “DX has been so successful that we use it in board meetings as our picture of engineering health. It’s become the most truthful gauge of where we are as an organization.”

“DX has been so successful that we use it in board meetings as our picture of engineering health.”

Matthew Schrepel, Head of Developer Experience, Extend

Extend continues to expand DX’s role in monitoring productivity, refining workflows, and aligning engineering with business goals. With DX as its trusted engineering intelligence platform, Extend is scaling efficiently while maintaining high standards for developer experience and business impact.

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