Lately, I feel like I'm spending way more time managing Jira tickets than actually writing code. My product manager is always checking in on me about specific bugs and expects me to update the status immediately. This means I have to stop whatever I'm doing, open another browser tab, wait for that slow interface to load, and manually move cards on the board just to satisfy that need for updates. It's such a hassle that I often just save all the updates for Fridays, which totally defeats the point of real-time tracking. Is there a way to please management without constantly leaving my terminal to click around in a web app?
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Using the Jira API is a game changer! You can set it up to automatically move stories around when you do things like PR, merge, or deploy. It's less fiddling with the UI and lets you focus more on coding instead of clicking.
If you're on GitHub, definitely check out the GitHub-Jira plugin. It can handle a lot of the ticket updates for you based on the commits associated with those tickets. It’ll make your life so much easier during the release process!
Your PM keeps bugging you? Sounds like a DevOps setup could really help. Implementing a system where your ticket status updates automatically when you push code would save a ton of time. Until then, try to keep your current tickets open in your browser to reduce the hassle of switching back and forth.
Yeah, I think an automation setup could really streamline things. Thanks for the advice!