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Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by sAbakumoff »

shijie wrote: post #34

We’re using Airtable at work. It’s easily the best issue tracker I’ve ever used, mostly due to the near-infinite customizability. Airtable is just a spreadsheet on steroids, with cool, different views like a kanban view for your spreadsheet. I have absolutely loved it so far. We switched from Jira, so maybe I’m finally just getting over my Stockholm syndrome, but I love Airtable.

Have u tried smart sheet? Isn't it even more powerful than airtable?

Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by andrei_says_ »

shijie wrote: post #34

We’re using Airtable at work. It’s easily the best issue tracker I’ve ever used, mostly due to the near-infinite customizability. Airtable is just a spreadsheet on steroids, with cool, different views like a kanban view for your spreadsheet. I have absolutely loved it so far. We switched from Jira, so maybe I’m finally just getting over my Stockholm syndrome, but I love Airtable.

Last time I tried airtable it was inpossible to link to a specific single row. Is this still the case?

Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by xjia »

cimmanom wrote: post #28
bluem-ap wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, good thing to point that out. It can be a great help in some cases, but unfortunately that modal dialog blocks access to the comments on the bug, so composing your reply in it can be frustrating. Yes I can compose my reply in another editor and paste it once it's final. However, IMO an issue tracker is something you use so often that working around these small issues comes at a high cost to me when it should not…

Yeah, I agree that the UI and modal abuse could use some work. I still prefer it over most other issue trackers, though, because it can be queried as a database.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/advanced-...

Is this the query language that you are mentioning? I don't have experience with it but from the documentation it looks very limited.

Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by cimmanom »

xjia wrote: post #44
cimmanom wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I agree that the UI and modal abuse could use some work. I still prefer it over most other issue trackers, though, because it can be queried as a database.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/advanced-... Is this the query language that you are mentioning? I don't have experience with it but from the documentation it looks very limited.

It supports any type of filtering you could need. It hides the complexity of what I assume behind the scenes are table joins. It's not for quantitative reporting but rather for retrieving manageable lists of relevant issues out of a data base of hundreds to hundreds of thousands. What sort of query would you want to run against an issue tracker that you don't see supported there?

Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by noelbaron »

billconan wrote: post #42
noelbaron wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

we try our best to keep it light. hit us up if you have any questions or ideas

need to import bitbucket issues

For sure... have bitbucket and github on the roadmap. Right now we're wrapping up a Jira issue import that totally migrates your whole deal over to Croc.

Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by danielcb »

purerandomness wrote: post #38
danielcb wrote: post #12

There's also taiga [1]. More or less an open source clone of jira. [1]: https://taiga.io/

Whoa, that's a bold statement.. Taiga doesn't have the air of overengineered, slow monster that JIRA has become.

I meant only in a way of: could be used instead of jira. :)
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