OpenAI engineer says internal tool Astra boosted productivity, pulling DevDay launches 6 months ahead
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-09-05
OpenAI engineer Thibault Sottiaux says Astra was "probably our biggest competitive advantage" while it wasn't generally available. Since adopting it, team productivity jumped enough that some product plans were moved 6 months ahead — they'll now ship at DevDay instead of mid-next-year.
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