Garrett Martin

September 24, 2024

Ubik Devlog #4

Welcome to the fourth devlog! If you're new here, Ubik is a distributed bug tracker/CI tool that I've been working on. In this week's installment, I'll be sharing a couple of small features and a quick recap of Git Merge. Issue labels Labels are pretty standard fare when it comes to issue tracking software. Ubik now allows you to add l...
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September 4, 2024

Ubik Devlog #3

Welcome to the third devlog! If you're new here, Ubik is a distributed bug tracker I've been working on. It's an experiment in trying to take features from centralized services like Github and making them distributed in the spirit of Git itself. This time, I have updates on evolving the Checks feature that I introduced last time and a ...
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July 30, 2024

Ubik Devlog #2

It's already been a few weeks since the last update! I'm back with a new feature and some guidelines I'm trying to follow as I build. Checks Checks are Ubik's take on "Continuous Integration"[1]: your tests run locally and their status checks are stored in your repo. No need for a remote server to tell you whether or not you can ship y...
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July 6, 2024

Ubik Devlog #1

I'm working on something new called Ubik. It's an issue tracker and code review tool that stores its data in your Git repository. It's named after a Philip K. Dick novel. I might change the name, but it's short and will do for now. I've been working on it since February, but I was learning too many new concepts at once and massively ov...
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