GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by harto » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 12:56 AM UTC

GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues
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Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by sergiotapia » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 2:35 AM UTC

I love this idea! Makes me wish we could implement something like this where I work. But I always remember that we're a business first, and software development office second. :(

Edit: Meaning, we don't sell software, but we need software to run our day to day.

Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by dlutzy » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 2:54 AM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #2

I love this idea! Makes me wish we could implement something like this where I work. But I always remember that we're a business first, and software development office second. :( Edit: Meaning, we don't sell software, but we need software to run our day to day.

1. git clone https://github.com/99designs/githubsurvivor.git 2. profit

:-)

Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by jjbohn » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 3:45 AM UTC

This is really cool. Definitely want to implement someone like this with my teams.

Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by kurrent » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 4:28 AM UTC

How do you address that somebody could take on 5 bugs that take 5 minutes to fix versus the guy who takes the 1 bug that takes 5 hours to fix?

Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by lucian303 » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 5:18 AM UTC

I can't think of a more worthless and demoralizing idea. Not all bugs are created equal, thus the measure is inaccurate.

Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by decklin » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 5:26 AM UTC

Before reading the article, I hoped this was going to have something to do with the oldest issues (open, fixed recently, commented, etc) across all of GitHub. Does such a thing exist?

Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by harto » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 5:31 AM UTC

kurrent wrote: post #5

How do you address that somebody could take on 5 bugs that take 5 minutes to fix versus the guy who takes the 1 bug that takes 5 hours to fix?

Good question! We currently track that externally. E.g. in the issue description we might say "This is worth 100 whisky-points". It would be cool to build in a notion of value.

Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by carbocation » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 5:52 AM UTC

When designing systems that reward bugfixes, beware the Cobra effect. [1]

[1] = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

Re: GitHub Survivor: a bug leaderboard for GitHub issues

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Post by harto » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 6:13 AM UTC

carbocation wrote: post #9

When designing systems that reward bugfixes, beware the Cobra effect. [1] [1] = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

On the other hand, it's an incentive for devs to log and fix minor issues they might've otherwise ignored.