Why Atlassian Needed a Modern App Development Platform

Building apps for Jira, Confluence, and other Atlassian products has traditionally been a resource-heavy process. Developers had to configure their own servers, ensure uptime, and pass rigorous security checks to get their apps approved for the Atlassian Marketplace. This setup required both development expertise and operational support, slowing app development and increasing costs.

Atlassian Forge was introduced to eliminate these barriers. It is a modern cloud-based app development platform that allows developers to build secure, serverless apps directly within Atlassian’s infrastructure. Forge simplifies building apps, giving developers more time to focus on functionality, while Atlassian handles hosting, security, and scaling.

This article explains Forge’s core features, key benefits, pricing model, and common use cases. Whether you are a developer considering your first Atlassian app or a team looking to transition from Connect to Forge, this guide will help you decide if Forge is the right solution for your business.

The more you can automate, the more time you will have for the “H” part of HR—humans. In addition to freeing up time, automation brings you many other benefits. It allows you to build clear and transparent processes, create a smooth employee experience, and improve retention rates.

In this blog post, we explain how to set up various types of automation in Jira for HR management purposes.

Sidecar or agent? See when per-service isolation beats node-level efficiency, and how gateways fit into a scalable OTel pipeline.

Why Tool Sprawl Is Killing AppSec Productivity?

Modern engineering teams ship software faster than ever, but security tools haven’t kept up. Instead of helping, they often slow everything down. With multiple scanners, dashboards, and sources of truth, AppSec has become noisy and fragmented.

One sampling decision, propagated everywhere. OpenTelemetry's Consistent Probability Sampling fixes fragmented traces across services.