Unblocked

Not all AI respects your data boundaries. Most platforms overlook permissions, exposing sensitive information and putting security at risk. At Unblocked, security isn't an afterthought — it's the foundation. Your data stays private, isolated, and never trains shared models. But with Data Shield, we've taken it a step further. Now, answers are permission-aware: your team can only access insights from the data they're authorized to see. A single toggle keeps your sensitive information secure, without slowing anyone down. AI that knows what it should — and shouldn't — see. See Data Shield in action: https://lnkd.in/g_TnzUDK

Not all AI respects your data boundaries. Most platforms overlook permissions, exposing sensitive information and putting security at risk. At Unblocked, security isn't an afterthought — it's the foundation. Your data stays private, isolated, and never trains shared models. But with Data Shield, we've taken it a step further. Now, answers are permission-aware: your team can only access insights from the data they're authorized to see. A single toggle keeps your sensitive information secure, without slowing anyone down. AI that knows what it should — and shouldn't — see. See Data Shield in action: https://lnkd.in/g_TnzUDK

Today we're launching a new Analytics Dashboard that helps you track adoption, spot patterns, and evaluate how Unblocked works for your team—all in one place. You can use this dashboard to understand everything from usage patterns to how much time your team has saved by getting answers from Unblocked. The new Analytics Dashboard is the first step toward more granular views we plan to introduce in the coming weeks - all to help you understand deeper aspects of your team's usage of Unblocked. Read more about the new Analytics Dashboard on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gcMsU_96

ICYMI, our founder and CEO, Dennis Pilarinos, recently wrote a new blog post about why we need to focus AI tools on the biggest challenge in software development if we want to see real productivity gains. Spoiler: The biggest challenge in software development isn’t writing code. It’s having enough context to know what code to write. Give the post a read here: https://lnkd.in/g4sShJmS

Despite the explosion of AI developer tools, 81% of developers still say productivity is their #1 challenge. Why? Because the biggest hurdle in software development isn’t writing code—it’s understanding the context behind it. Every decision, discussion, and document lives across tools like Slack, Jira, and Confluence. Searching for answers eats up hours of developer time. In our CEO Dennis Pilarinos' latest writing, he dives into why context—not code—is the real productivity problem and how tools like Unblocked are finally changing the game. 👉 Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/g4sShJmS #Unblocked #DeveloperProductivity #DevTools

Answer Preferences is a new feature we've just added that gives you more control over a number of aspects of Unblocked's answers - from length to research depth, and more. Given your role and your needs, you can use Answer Preferences to customize things like the level of technical detail included in a response or how extensive you want Unblocked to research an answer across your team's connected data sources. For more details using Answer Preferences, check out our blog: https://lnkd.in/gD_KYcM2

Are you at QCon in San Francisco this week? Come by our booth to talk with the Unblocked team. We're right across from the entrance to the keynote stage. Also, our CEO, Dennis Pilarinos, is giving a talk today on using AI to solve real problems for software development teams. Be sure to check that out at 1:35 pm PT in Pacific LM.

Unblocked is a game changer for engineering teams, thanks to features like Incognito Mode. When you have Incognito Mode turned on, Unblocked delivers the same high-quality answers as it does when you're asking in the open, but your questions and Unblocked's answers are visible only to you. Incognito Mode is not only helpful when you're new to a codebase, but also when you have a lot of questions and don't want to create noise in places like public Slack channels. Check out our new guide to Incognito Mode for tips on how to put this feature in Unblocked to use: https://lnkd.in/g_Q_Q3AB

“Instead of waiting days for an engineer to look into it, we had a root cause in minutes.”  - Trevin Chow - Chief Product Officer of Big Cartel. Trevin is unquestionably one of the most technical product leaders I've known - his desire and ability to get into the code is truly remarkable. Engineering adjacent teams (like Product Management, Customer Success etc) often face a tough choice - interrupt their engineering peers for help, or, try to go at it alone and risk getting it wrong. The team at Big Cartel first started using Unblocked to empower technically minded product leaders to work with a codebase that predates the iPhone. It was once nearly impossible for engineering adjacent teams to get the context they required and now... "We shipped a great product experience without disturbing the vacationing engineers." Read more about how the Big Cartel team uses Unblocked at: https://lnkd.in/gEfV6vdk

Every company has code adjacent teams - like product, customer support, sales engineering, and more -  who all need to understand how the codebase works to do their job. But it's nearly impossible for these teams to find the answers they need without interrupting their peers on engineering. That's why Big Cartel turned to Unblocked. Chief Product Officer, Trevin Chow, explains: “Unblocked is like having a smart colleague available 24/7. It empowers our product team to dive into the code for answers, reducing dependence on engineers.” Read more about how the Big Cartel team uses Unblocked at: https://lnkd.in/ghQuA5Ux