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I wrote some Python to convert a long yaml file into jira epics/stories/deploys to avoid having to use the UI for anything aside checking what I have on my todo
by RBerenguel 8y ago
I wrote some Python to convert a long yaml file into jira epics/stories/deploys to avoid having to use the UI for anything aside checking what I have on my todo. Has already saved me more than it took to write.
- speedplane 8y agoThat's great for you, but I'd bet no one else can effectively use your scripts. The beauty of the UI is that anyone can use it almost immediately.
- HelloNurse 8y agoThe beauty of a shit-filled moat is that anybody can wade in without having to be able to jump it.
- RBerenguel 8y agoEveryone in engineering can use it if they want, it’s in our “fun tools” repo. I have better things to do than to navigate through ticket creation UI 20 times
- ThePadawan 8y ago> I have better things to do than to navigate through ticket creation UI 20 times. Thank you for being that sort of person. I know some people who would take great pleasure in knowing that they would get paid for spending just that time, no matter if they achieved very little doing it.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoWhy does this matter? There's no obligation to always make software useful for other people. There's a lot of space between doing something manually and selling a product.
- speedplane 8y ago> There's no obligation to always make software useful for other people. The problem, which you basically acknowledge, is that software that isn't useful generally doesn't get used. If you write nice custom scripts to make your own workflows more efficient, that's great... for you. But to make any interface "useful" (whether it's a UI, an API, etc.), it doesn't just need to be "useful", it also has to be accessible. That should help explain why even crappy UIs are so ubiquitous. They are moderately useful, but extremely accessible.