Using Dropbox to Track Bugs
Being a tiny startup looking for ways to save money, we discovered the best, cheapest bug tracking software out there. It's dropbox (or dropbugz). Simply make a folder called "bugs" in your dropbox and put a "done" directory in it. -Each bug is a .txt file whose name is the description of the bug. -Dropbox keeps track of who creates / edits files so if someone botches a description you can always figure out who wrote it up and when. (Unix does a decent job of this too.) -You can assign bugs by putting "#fixer_name" at the top of the file and grepping for "#fixer_name" on the command line. -When bugs are done you move them to the "done" folder. If you duplicate a title it overwrites, but dropbox has your back w/ revision edits. -You can preform any sort of command line voodoo to slice and dice your bugs. -You know when bugs are posted or fixed through the dropbox notifications. -You never
Why it failed
Being a tiny startup looking for ways to save money, we discovered the best, cheapest bug tracking software out there. It's dropbox (or dropbugz). Simply make a folder called "bugs" in your dropbox and put a "done" directory in it. -Each bug is a .txt file whose name is the descr
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- uuilly
- Ended
- 2008
- Source
- hackernews