docs: add 'From Commits to Performance Review' blog post#320
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New blog post targeting serious developers, positioning BragDoc as a comprehensive tool that captures full developer impact - code, PRs, tickets, AND meetings/calendar. Key messaging: - Captures everything: Git, GitHub, Jira, Google Calendar - Built for developers with CLI-first workflow - Automates work log tracking (links to Pragmatic Engineer) - "The Full Picture of Developer Impact" - code + soft work 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Data-driven blog post about why great engineers get overlooked for promotions. Covers rater bias (50%+ of rating variance), proximity bias (42% of managers forget remote workers), and recency bias. Includes concrete example comparing two engineers, acknowledges limitations of documentation as a strategy, and positions BragDoc as a tool that improves odds rather than guarantees success. All statistics sourced from credible research: Culture Amp, HBR, Levels.fyi, StaffEng, and JetBrains 2025 Developer Survey. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Building-in-public technical blog covering the BragDoc pipeline: - CLI extraction via pluggable connector architecture - Workstreams with embeddings and DBSCAN clustering - Performance review document generation (streaming) - Upcoming Jira and Google Calendar integrations Includes pipeline overview SVG diagram. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Changed 'GPT-4o' to 'OpenAI's latest models' to avoid being tied to a specific model version that may change. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Updated title to be more keyword-forward: "How BragDoc Turns Git History into Performance Reviews" - Expanded meta description with action words - Added external links: Ollama docs and DBSCAN Wikipedia - Added concrete example in Stage 3 showing how achievements become coherent narrative - Fixed architecture diagram to use generic "OpenAI" instead of specific model name Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Major restructure based on editorial feedback:
- Lead with explicit feature announcement ("We're shipping...")
- Add "What You Can Do Now" section with concrete user actions
- Add functional checkpoints after each pipeline stage
- Include status table differentiating stable/shipping/roadmap
- Mark [NEW] features in architecture diagram
- Rewrite CTA specifically for Performance Review feature
- Close with announcement framing for review season context
- Cut redundant technical repetition
- Connect all architecture to user-facing actions
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove 1 redundant "shipping now" echo (keep in lede, Stage 3, status) - Clarify Git vs GitHub: Stage 1 is local Git, GitHub is separate connector - Add privacy clarification: embeddings use summaries, not source code - Add output description to CTA: "review draft organized by workstreams" - Add specific feedback channels: GitHub issues + email Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Hey Ed, This is a draft of a more technical/building-in-public blog post to publish when we release the Performance Review feature. Before publishing, please:
The post covers:
Let me know if you want any changes to the tone or technical depth. |
4-email nurture sequence for new signups: - Day 0: Welcome + CLI install instructions - Day 3: The problem (visibility gap education) - Day 7: Quick win (workstreams feature) - Day 14: Check-in (plain text re-engagement) Includes HTML, Markdown, and plain text versions. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This reverts commit bc2eef1.
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The blog post explains:
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