At Pubget we host our code base on GitHub because of its simplicity, reliability, and great web interface. The extent to which we depend on GitHub is far more than as a convenience, but as the backbone of our engineering team.

Consequently, when GitHub doesn’t have all of the features we need to do our work as efficiently as possible, it’s not just an annoyance, but a source of friction for the entire organization. To grease the wheels of our daily workflow, we’ve begun building a suite of “GitHub Extras” in the form of a Chrome Extension (we’ve also used the API to add tags when we deploy!). Our focus thus far has been on the Issues tool provided by the web interface, upon which we have now added the ability to upload attachments or include a screenshot from any open tab.

What does this mean for our organization? When our product team completes a new feature spec, it’s a simple one-click to upload the Word doc to a new issue for the dev team. While testing internally and a page renders incorrectly on Internet Explorer, it’s a two-second task for the QA team to grab a snapshot of the offending site and create an issue for it. 

As we say, “time saved is time spent coding,” and we love to code!

Download the extension here.

Learn more about our dev team workflow here.