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Björn Brynjar Jónsson
Björn Brynjar Jónsson

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Debug your process, Not your team

DEV's Worldwide Show and Tell Challenge Submission 🎥

This is a submission for the DEV's Worldwide Show and Tell Challenge Presented by Mux

What I Built

I built a Jira app that helps development teams debug their delivery process. It combines Time in Status tracking with Flow Intelligence and AI-powered guidance to help teams understand where work gets stuck, predict when it will ship, and fix systematic bottlenecks.

Think of it as a debugger for your workflow, not your code.

My Pitch Video

Mux video

Demo

Try it here:
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/4028833452

The Story Behind It

Every developer has heard the question: "Why is this story taking soo long?"

The answer is usually buried somewhere in the process—work sitting in review, blocked dependencies, testing pile-ups.

Many teams see the same bottlenecks sprint after sprint, but without hard data, pushing for change is an uphill battle. So nothing changes.

I built Smart Guess because I wanted to bring the debugging mindset developers use for code to the way teams work. Instead of blaming people, you diagnose the system. The tagline says it all: Debug your process, not your team.

What makes it different from existing tools is the combination of:

Visibility — see exactly where time goes, right on the issue
Prediction — forecast when work will ship based on actual team history
Guidance — NoEsis, an AI assistant that helps interpret patterns and build the case for change

Technical Highlights

Backend:

  • Atlassian Forge - Serverless cloud platform with FaaS runtime
  • Node.js - Backend resolver logic
  • Forge Storage API - Persistent data layer
  • Jira REST API & Agile API - Sprint/board data integration
  • OpenAI Assistants API - AI coaching (NoEsis) with thread-based conversations

Frontend:

  • React - Component architecture with hooks
  • Atlaskit Design System - Atlassian's official UI framework
  • Vite - Modern build tooling and dev server
  • @forge/bridge - Forge <-> UI communication layer

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