GitHub Insights

#1

Post by blackrobot » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:29 PM UTC

GitHub Insights
github.com

Re: GitHub Insights

#2

Post by minimaxir » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

This might be used more for narc'ing on unproductive coders than for productivity. :P

Re: GitHub Insights

#3

Post by mgoblu3 » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

Is 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.

Re: GitHub Insights

#4

Post by abtinf » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

Let the metrics gaming begin.

Re: GitHub Insights

#5

Post by mythshaker » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

they debuted this as part of the enterprise offerings but it doesn't seem nearly as robust as gitprime (RIP) or code climate velocity

Re: GitHub Insights

#6

Post by kfk » Wed, May 06, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

In app insights are always tricky. The moment you need to compare this data with non GitHub data you need to move to an external database anyway.

Re: GitHub Insights

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Post by aupright » Wed, May 06, 2020, 5:01 PM UTC

For 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 some of these insights as well to improve over time. I can see where this can go awry, but optimistically this should help teams better measure and improve their process!

Re: GitHub Insights

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Post by jrochkind1 » Wed, May 06, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

Oh no.

Re: GitHub Insights

#9

Post by tyre » Wed, May 06, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

mgoblu3 wrote: post #3

Is 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.

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.

Re: GitHub Insights

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Post by geoffharcourt » Wed, May 06, 2020, 5:18 PM UTC

tyre wrote: post #9

mgoblu3 wrote: post #3

Is 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.

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.