Git, Linear, Discord: The Automation Layer That Replaced Manual Status Updates
The friction in team development isn’t usually the code. It’s the overhead around the code: knowing what’s in review, who’s working on what, whether a ticket moved, whether that MR you were waiting on is finally merged. Most teams solve this by adding a status-update ritual — a daily standup field, a manual Discord message, a ticket that someone remembers to update after they’re done. This works until someone forgets, or the meeting cadence doesn’t match the merge cadence, or you’re on a different timezone. ...