Show HN: I automated the "hey is this done yet?" Slack message from PMs

2 points

8 months ago

I built this because I was tired of my PM (and people complaining about their PM) asking “Is this in testing yet?” or “Any update on ticket XYZ?” every time I pushed code.

So I wired up a GitHub Action that automatically pings them whenever a ticket in Jira/Linear hits testing, or a build completes, so they don't DM me, and I don't need to pretend I didn't see it until the next day (sometimes longer).

It’s tiny, installable in under a minute, and surprisingly effective at keeping everyone sane on my team.

GitHub Action: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/pm-updater

Main repo: https://github.com/peculiarism/eng-pm-mediator

What it does: - Trigger on a push to a specific branch or main. - Automatically notifies your PM via Slack (more integrations coming soon - should we support WhatsApp? iMessage? God that would be so annoying) - Includes branch name, ticket reference in Linear or Jira, and build status - Passive aggressive messages optional

It started as a joke that I built over an evening, but now some friends are using it so I thought I'd turn it into a public repo for others to benefit.

Would love feedback, PRs or feature requests. Maybe next version should reverse-notify engineers when PMs miss their deadlines.

1 comment