But Can't Switch...
I'm surprised I couldn't find any JIRA clients or tools which give you a Linear-experience without needing to switch off of JIRA
Idea: Linear for JIRA Users. Without the Switch.
Would anyone else want this?
note: if we get enough upvotes my team and I will build it ;)
I'm Julian, co-founder of Haystack (https://usehaystack.io). We’re building one-click dashboards and alerts using Github data.
While managing teams from startups to more established companies like Cloudflare, my cofounder Kan and I were constantly trying to improve our team and process. But it was pretty tough to tell if our efforts were paying off. Even tougher to tell where we could improve.
We tried messing around with JIRA which gave us story points and tickets completed but it didn’t help us dig deeper on where we could improve. We found a few tools that integrated with Github measuring # of commits, lines of code, and even comparing engineers using these metrics! - but we didn’t like that approach.
We wanted to know (1) how quickly we deliver as a team (2) what bottlenecks tend to get in the way and (3) as we make adjustments, are they helping us improve?
We scoured the internet looking for every piece of research on the topic we could find, talked to >500 engineering leaders working everywhere from startups to FAANG, and started to learn which metrics helped answer our questions and which ones just sucked. Once we had a clear picture of what that looked like, we built Haystack.
Haystack analyzes pull requests on the team level, giving you “northstar” metrics like cycle time, deployment frequency, change failure rate and 20+ more to help you improve delivery. Teams use Haystack to quickly find bottlenecks like code review, experiment with changes like smaller pull requests or automated tests, and see the result. Using this feedback loop, the top 70% of Haystack users have increased production deployments by 58% and achieved 30% faster cycle times on average.
We’re lucky enough to work with some awesome teams at Microsoft, Robinhood, and The Economist. As we continue to build out our product, we’d love to hear any of your experiences with engineering metrics, your thoughts about how to actually get them right, and of course your disaster stories :)
Somewhere along the line, you realized that the one-man (or one-woman) show is a steep uphill climb and your inspiration slowly fades.
If you: - Love to build but don't have time to sell - If you want to build products, sit back, and watch the money flow in - If you are about to take down your servers and add to your graveyard
My next project might interest you.
The idea is: Post your side projects. Connect with someone interested in selling. You build. They sell. Split the profits or do it for the love of the game. Get some traction for your side project by finding a seller willing to go out and sell your project. You can both make a good chunk of change on the side.
PUT AN END TO GITHUB GRAVEYARDS. GET PAID FOR YOUR WORK!
I'd love some feedback. If you're interested, I'll have an MVP up in a week or so. Let me know if you'd like to connect with me to help out, give feedback, or tell me what a stupid idea this is!
I don't have time for sales or marketing so the app doesn't get much traction and ends up in my github graveyard, never seeing the light of day. I want to help fix this for myself and others like me.
I'm currently building an app that let's you publish your side projects and connect you to people willing to help your project get some traction (sales/marketing).
Let's connect you to some people willing to go out, spread the word, and do some sales so you can focus on what inspires you (building cool sh*t). You can build, they can sell. Choose to split the profits or just do it for the love of the game.
Love it? Hate it? Dumbest idea you've heard in a while?
I'd love some feedback
