Hi. We're building a bug and issue tracker and you can watch.

Recently about Design

Linking Issues in Sifter

It's been a while since sharing about how I planned on creating links between issues, and things have progressed quite nicely. Recently, though, I got the idea to add a strikethrough when the target issue has already been closed. I... Continued…

Efficiency is Overrated

Efficiency is overrated. Developers and engineers are trained throughout their career to avoid repeating themselves and streamline everything. The result is the relentless pursuit of efficiency over all else, but efficiency is only one piece of the puzzle. Nielsen talks... Continued…

A Name and Identity

After coming up with a new name and spending some quality time trading ideas with the wonderful Jared Christensen, we've made another big step towards launching the issue tracker. Everybody. Meet Sifter. Continued…

Application Interface Design

Last year, I did a presentation about the issue tracker at Webmaster Jam Session in Dallas, TX. This morning, I went though, made some updates, and added audio to the presentation for anyone who's interested. It's basically a quick peak... Continued…

Creating an Identity

It's always fun building a company piece by piece, and this time around it was even more enjoyable to work on creating a visual identity with Jared Christensen. With about 30 comments on a thread in Basecamp, we were able... Continued…

Issue Tracker Design Decisions

In the interest of consolidation, we've aggregated links to all of the posts about the design of the issue tracker. Going forward, they'll all be posted here, but this is a good summary of the progress thus far. Continued…

The Latest

We’re creating a simple bug and issue tracker named Sifter and blogging about it along the way. We think it’s a great way to get feedback and keep everyone updated on our status.

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