Let the metrics gaming begin.
I always think of this Dilbert strip when I see developer metrics tools for managers:
GitHub Insights
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Re: GitHub Insights
#12Let the metrics gaming begin.
I always think of this Dilbert strip when I see developer metrics tools for managers: https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-13
Oh god, that is very true.
I feel like I'm the guy in the comics who takes advantage because they tried to roll out something like this in my work and I figured out you could get more points by sinking other teams than actually writing code.
After voicing it in a meeting, it magically went away.
Re: GitHub Insights
#13Yuck, when metrics become a target they cease to be useful.
Re: GitHub Insights
#14Let the metrics gaming begin.
I always think of this Dilbert strip when I see developer metrics tools for managers: https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-13
Same. Also "-2000 Lines of Code": https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Li...
Re: GitHub Insights
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
This. A million times this. There is currently no way to get notifications when you're assigned as a reviewer or when someone reviews your code. I have the Github app on my phone and they don't alert me! I want a slack integration that feeds my activity to me. It's nuts. Absolutely bonkers. How is this not a thing.
This exists now with GitHub and PullReminders. I get a Slack message whenever I'm requested or someone finishes a review I requested.
From their site:
Can new users and organizations still sign up?
Pull Panda is no longer accepting new sign ups.Re: GitHub Insights
#16For those worried about the data being used maliciously, it looks like most of the metrics they'll be introducing are focused around things that can actually help unblock teams and aren't focused on individual contributors. Eg. distribution of code reviews across team members for better load balancing, average code review turnaround times across the team. It also looks like you'll be able to proactively set goals for…
Nope, fuck this.
The moment a product mentions "From developer to CEO" (ie. includes the word "CEO"), this is bad news. As soon as you introduce any metrics involving "participation awards" (whether based on lines of code, commits, reviews/pull-requests, etc.), the company is doomed to fail at understanding how productivity/worth is measured in the development world.
The fact they even mention "CEO" in their tagline is all one needs to know. There is not a single CEO in the world who should give a goddamn shit about actions taken at the source control or release level. It's all marketing drivel intended to promise management that the product being sold can somehow deliver insight into a world they will never understand. The fact is developers will just waste time inflating their metrics to satisfy productivity algorithms, while costing the business time–and therefore money–developers could have spent actually improving the product.
Re: GitHub Insights
#17Looks like the expansion of an old feature that’s been tucked away in the corner for years? Insights -> Pulse.
Re: GitHub Insights
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
This exists now with GitHub and PullReminders. I get a Slack message whenever I'm requested or someone finishes a review I requested.
From their site: Can new users and organizations still sign up? Pull Panda is no longer accepting new sign ups.
They moved a bunch of it to Github out of PullReminders yesterday. I would go to your personal settings in GH and look at "Scheduled Reminders", which is where the old PullReminders functionality got moved. It's possible it's only there for pre-acquisition users, but that's where it should end up if it's generally available now.
Re: GitHub Insights
#19Is this what they did with the PullPanda acquisition? We had started using that a bit, but not being able to add new users as of late and the general pause in feature development seemed like something else was up.
What they did with the PullPanda acquisition is their "scheduled reminders" feature, they announced two weeks ago:
https://github.blog/2020-04-21-stay-on-top-of-your-code-revi...
https://help.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-or...
Re: GitHub Insights
#20they debuted this as part of the enterprise offerings but it doesn't seem nearly as robust as gitprime (RIP) or code climate velocity
Which is a good thing IMO. Tools like gitprime and code climate are plagued with vanity metrics.