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a git based bug tracker, thats a new one! But it does make sense. Can be offline, will be redundant and fast (as its local). Question is how many folks out th

a git based bug tracker, thats a new one! But it does make sense. Can be offline, will be redundant and fast (as its local). Question is how many folks out there will be at home with this? We really thought the platform nudges (compared to a PM following up) would make a difference...Why don't you want notifications?

BiteCode_dev 5y ago
Because as a dev, my attention is precious. To be productive, I prefer to pull information, than to be pushed information to. E.G: HN doesn't push information on me. I can answer to you now because I know that at this very moment, I don't need to focus on something hard. But this afternoon, I will, and so I don't want to be disturbed and will just close this tab. Voilà, no distraction. I don't need to be notified bugs: I don't work on them in real time. In the morning, I select the ones I will work on. New ones have little relevance to me until the next morning, which a dashboard will show me. I need notifications on things like my clients calling me or my server failing. Those are the stuff that I need in real time. The very first thing I do when registering with a new service, especially corporate/social ones is to go to the notification settings and disable everything but the direct message stuff.
- avinashjn 5y ago
  Makes sense. The PM and the tester might want the devs to be notified, but as devs that does break our focus. Thanks for point this out, this will help us rethink 'nudges'.
- noir_lord 5y ago
  I leave them enabled but email only, then I set up filters for each service to move it to */automated/jira directories automatically. That way my inbox stays clear but I can speed run through first thing to make sure I’ve not missed anything, I also ruthless cull anything unrelated to my work, so any notification a project I don’t work on gets deleted. This reduces several thousand emails a month to about 6 I actually need to see in my inbox. The default is insanity though I agree.

BiteCode_dev 5y ago

Because as a dev, my attention is precious. To be productive, I prefer to pull information, than to be pushed information to. E.G: HN doesn't push information on me. I can answer to you now because I know that at this very moment, I don't need to focus on something hard. But this afternoon, I will, and so I don't want to be disturbed and will just close this tab. Voilà, no distraction. I don't need to be notified bugs: I don't work on them in real time. In the morning, I select the ones I will work on. New ones have little relevance to me until the next morning, which a dashboard will show me. I need notifications on things like my clients calling me or my server failing. Those are the stuff that I need in real time. The very first thing I do when registering with a new service, especially corporate/social ones is to go to the notification settings and disable everything but the direct message stuff.

avinashjn 5y ago
Makes sense. The PM and the tester might want the devs to be notified, but as devs that does break our focus. Thanks for point this out, this will help us rethink 'nudges'.
noir_lord 5y ago
I leave them enabled but email only, then I set up filters for each service to move it to */automated/jira directories automatically. That way my inbox stays clear but I can speed run through first thing to make sure I’ve not missed anything, I also ruthless cull anything unrelated to my work, so any notification a project I don’t work on gets deleted. This reduces several thousand emails a month to about 6 I actually need to see in my inbox. The default is insanity though I agree.