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Braintrust by Cortex

Canva's strategic approach to internal developer tools and why they should spark joy

20 Nov 2025

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Tyler Davis, a software engineer at Canva, joins Ganesh Datta to explore how internal tools can be a source of joy and leverage for engineering teams. Tyler shares Canva's multi-year journey building their internal developer portal on Backstage, the moment they realized scorecards could transform operational excellence, and the eye-opening decision to switch to Cortex despite significant investment in their homegrown solution.Tyler and Ganesh discuss their thinking around build vs. buy, how to measure the value of internal tools beyond traditional ROI, the psychology of sunk costs, and more.

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