Why We're Building the Next-Generation Developer Platform

Over the past decade, I’ve had a front-row seat to the evolution of modern DevOps. I’ve worked with teams to containerize legacy applications, wire up fragile CI/CD pipelines, and navigate the shift from buzzwords to real, cloud-native platforms. Despite the proliferation of tools and transformation efforts, the developer experience across most enterprises is still far more painful than it should be.

In 2016, I started a consulting firm to help solve that. We focused on helping Fortune 2000 organizations modernize their software delivery practices with one clear goal: enable enterprises to build and ship software like the best tech companies in the world. We automated pipelines, implemented internal developer platforms, and gave teams what they needed to move faster and with more confidence.

Over time, a pattern started to emerge. One that I couldn’t ignore.

Regardless of the company or industry, we kept seeing the same friction points surface:  provisioning, approvals, permissions, visibility. The names of the tools changed, but the bottlenecks didn’t. We were rebuilding the same solutions again and again.

The worst part was after all that, developers still weren’t getting what they needed to be efficient.

The spirit of DevOps has always been about empowering developers. Give them ownership and autonomy, don’t make them wait weeks on tickets that could be solved in minutes. Unfortunately, developers were still stuck waiting. Waiting on tickets. Waiting on infrastructure. Waiting on someone else to unblock their work. “You build it, you run it” had turned into “you own it, good luck.”

That was the spark behind CodeCargo.

We asked ourselves a fundamental question: what would it look like to reimagine developer platforms from the ground up with AI at the core and GitHub as the foundation?

Today, I’m excited to announce the private beta of CodeCargo — the first GenAI-native platform purpose-built to simplify how developers build, ship, and run software in the enterprise.

We’re launching with three foundational capabilities:

• Self-Service Workflows --> Make your GitHub Actions easy to run from the UI. No tickets, no bottlenecks.

• GenAI-Powered Workflow Editor --> Use plain language and organizational context to build, modify, and troubleshoot GitHub workflows across every repo.

• Visual Workflow Viewer --> See how your GitHub workflow runs before you run it.

And this is just the beginning. Later this summer, we will release a feature that will redefine how you interact with your software on a fundamental level.

We’re building CodeCargo because we’ve seen this challenge repeatedly. We firmly believe there’s a better path forward. One that doesn’t involve duct-taping tools together. One that addresses the core developer experience directly.

If this resonates with your team, we’d love for you to be part of the journey. Apply to join the private beta, and help us shape the future of enterprise software delivery!