DataDog just announced that they acquire Codiga, a provider for code analyses:
“Datadog’s acquisition of Codiga marks a new milestone in our journey to provide a comprehensive observability platform that caters to every aspect of the software development lifecycle. As we integrate Codiga’s powerful code intelligence features into the Datadog platform and expand Datadog’s observability features into code analysis, our users can look forward to an enhanced experience that helps them to develop and maintain high-quality software more efficiently than ever before.”
I think this is a nice move, because:
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It underscores DataDog’s leverage by moving beyond observability and into developer experience (“shifting left”).
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Codiga saves developers around 1/3 of their time by helping them write better code while reducing stress and time spent on fixing tech debt.
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Static (or rule-based) code analyses cannot replace human code reviews, but they help catch many code and security issues and certainly make Tech Teams’ lives easier.
Nice small bite of news from DataDog in my opinion.
A piece of wishful thinking: It’d be pretty awesome if DataDog also integrates an AI-powered solution that supports developers in writing code more dynamically and “proactively,” in the future.
Cheers!
LisaOnCloud9