Bridging the Gap Between Generations with Spira and SpiraApps

April 1st, 2025 by Adam Sandman

Like many companies that have been around for many years (we are celebrating our 19th year in business), we have employees with us from many different generations. During conference travel, work trips and happy hours after work we realized that the different generations use different terms and phrases and sometimes even the same word can mean different things. For example, the phrase "out of pocket" means something complete different to Generation Z than Generation X or Millennials. Similarly, on recent trips, GenZ team members would often use phrases like "slaps", "rizz", or "drip" that had other generations a bit nonplussed. Therefore to streamline such communication and improve inter-generational collaboration, we have released a new SpiraApp that helps different generations work together. We call this our GenZ-Arator application.

Introducing the GenZ-Arator

This new SpiraApp installs into your instance of Spira and with a single click on the requirements detail page, converts the name and description of your requirement into a version that is more comfortable for your GenZ team mates:

Yo, listen up fam! You wanna be able to book a hotel room in a major city, right? That's lit! Imagine rolling up to the city, ready to slay, and having a sick spot to crash. You know what I'm sayin'? It's gotta be easy peasy, like just a few taps on your phone and boom, you're all set. No more stressing about where you're gonna stay, you feel me? Just pull up the app, find the perfect hotel, and boom, you're good to go. And it's gotta be hella flexible, you know? Like, you should be able to change your plans last minute without any drama. Cuz let's be real, plans can change faster than the weather, am I right? The app's gotta be super user-friendly too, none of that boomer tech stuff. It's gotta be clean, simple, and straight to the point. No need for all that extra fluff, ya dig? Oh, and the best part? You gotta be able to find a sick deal, like discounts and stuff. Cuz let's be real, we're broke teenagers, we ain't got that kind of cash to be splurgin' on hotels, you feel me? So yeah, that's the tea, fam. Hook us up with an app that's hella easy to use, super flexible, and won't break the bank. We need that fire, you feel me?

Or as they would probably say -  This new SpiraApp is straight fire, it's gonna hook you up real quick. You just gotta install it on your Spira, and then boom, you can click on the req details page and it'll transform that stuff into something your fellow Gen Z homies can vibe with, ya feel me? No more of that boring, stuffy language - this app's gonna make it lit for your whole squad. It's a total game-changer, trust me on this one.

Harnessing the Power of Generative AI

This new SpiraApp leverages our partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and their AWS Bedrock platform. The SpiraApp can be used with any of the LLM families available in Bedrock, including Nova, Claude and Llama.

Seeing It In Action

You can use this SpiraApp for simple functional requirements, like the one illustrated above, or even for more complicated IT modernization projects like migrating your database from SQL Server to something more cloud-native:

I want to be able to migrate my databases from SQL Server to Amazon Aurora

With the GenZ-Arator SpiraApp, you can even ask it to generate multiple versions of the translation, to see which one feels the most natural:

Yo, listen up fam! You wanna be able to like, move your databases from SQL Server to this Amazon Aurora thing, right? That's lit! You know, us Gen Z peeps, we're all about that tech life, ya feel? We ain't got time for that old-school stuff, we want the latest and greatest, you feel me? So, you wanna be able to take your databases and just yeet 'em over to this new platform, no sweat. That's gonna be super clutch, 'cause then you can be like, "Bye, Felicia!" to your old SQL Server and be living your best life on Amazon Aurora. It's gonna be a total vibe, trust me. You'll be able to do all your database stuff, no problemo. Just make it happen, fam. You got this!

Since Inflectra always cares about quality, we had some of our GenZ team members take a look at the output and give their verdict:

How Do I Get The SpiraApp?

Yo, so you wanna download a fresh SpiraApp for your SpiraTeam, right? It's like, super easy, fam. Just head over to the Inflectra website and you'll see the download button, no cap. Click that bad boy and let the magic happen. Once it's downloaded, just install it and you're good to go. It's gonna be a total game-changer, trust me. You'll be flexing on all your friends with your sick new SpiraApp, no doubt. Just make sure you don't sleep on it, 'cause this is the real deal, you feel me? Let me know if you need any other deets, I got you. Download here.

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