Everything’s a bug (or an issue)

I believe the principles the article author is looking for are core to Pivotal Tracker. I've often tried to persuade teams to use Tracker, but everyone sure loves the whiteboard metaphor!

Re: Everything’s a bug (or an issue)

#5

Post by cratermoon » Thu, May 22, 2025, 2:30 PM UTC

I like that the author distinguishes priority and severity, something rarely appreciated in my experience. Many teams conflate them, spending time working on severe bugs simply because they are severe, when there are important and essential fixes in the queue for the next release.

Re: Everything’s a bug (or an issue)

#6

Post by queezey » Thu, May 22, 2025, 2:34 PM UTC

0atman wrote: post #4

I believe the principles the article author is looking for are core to Pivotal Tracker. I've often tried to persuade teams to use Tracker, but everyone sure loves the whiteboard metaphor!

Unfortunately, Pivotal Tracker was decommissioned on April 30, 2025. It's dead and gone.

Related HackerNews discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41591622

Re: Everything’s a bug (or an issue)

#7

Post by jes5199 » Thu, May 22, 2025, 2:43 PM UTC

cratermoon wrote: post #5

I like that the author distinguishes priority and severity, something rarely appreciated in my experience. Many teams conflate them, spending time working on severe bugs simply because they are severe, when there are important and essential fixes in the queue for the next release.

“badly broken but doesn’t matter”?

Re: Everything’s a bug (or an issue)

#8

Post by scotty79 » Thu, May 22, 2025, 2:46 PM UTC

With popularity of myriad of development methodologies there was DDD, Debug Driven Development. You start a project by filing the first bug: "The app shouldn't be blank."

Re: Everything’s a bug (or an issue)

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Post by sixtram » Thu, May 22, 2025, 2:56 PM UTC

jes5199 wrote: post #7

cratermoon wrote: post #5

I like that the author distinguishes priority and severity, something rarely appreciated in my experience. Many teams conflate them, spending time working on severe bugs simply because they are severe, when there are important and essential fixes in the queue for the next release.

“badly broken but doesn’t matter”?

A totally broken function that a single person uses once a month to save five minutes isn't nearly as valuable as a well-designed feature that 5,000 users rely on daily to save just one minute each session.

Re: Everything’s a bug (or an issue)

#10

Post by bdhcuidbebe » Thu, May 22, 2025, 3:02 PM UTC

scotty79 wrote: post #8

With popularity of myriad of development methodologies there was DDD, Debug Driven Development. You start a project by filing the first bug: "The app shouldn't be blank."

How would you debug that, tho?