Bug tracking and project management for software teams.https://bugspot.com/https://bugspot.com/blog/severity-vs-priorityhttps://bugspot.com/blog/severity-vs-prioritySeverity measures a bug's impact; priority measures when you'll deal with it relative to everything else. They're independent — here's the difference, a 2×2 matrix with worked examples, and who sets which.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/what-is-a-bug-trackerhttps://bugspot.com/blog/what-is-a-bug-trackerA bug tracker is the system of record for defects in your software. But almost no team runs a bug-only tool — and the reason why says a lot about what you actually need: not a bug tracker, but a way to manage the whole development process.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/how-to-write-a-good-bug-reporthttps://bugspot.com/blog/how-to-write-a-good-bug-reportWhat separates a bug report that an engineer can act on from one that bounces back with "cannot reproduce" — plus a copy-paste template you can use today.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/hello-worldhttps://bugspot.com/blog/hello-worldThe shape of Bugspot, why it exists, and the bets we are not planning to revisit.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/trading-homegrown-queue-for-riverhttps://bugspot.com/blog/trading-homegrown-queue-for-riverWhy we wrote a custom Postgres job queue, what broke as it grew, and what we got back by switching to River.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/uuidv7-entry-idshttps://bugspot.com/blog/uuidv7-entry-idsWhy Entries get a UUIDv7 in the database and a BUG-42-style key in the URL — and why the human key isn't immutable.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/configurable-workflows-without-the-bloathttps://bugspot.com/blog/configurable-workflows-without-the-bloatWhere we draw the line on workflow configuration and why.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/never-edit-landed-migrationshttps://bugspot.com/blog/never-edit-landed-migrationsWhy we treat landed migrations as append-only, even in early development when nothing has shipped to production.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/why-bugspot-has-no-custom-fieldshttps://bugspot.com/blog/why-bugspot-has-no-custom-fieldsWhy we declined custom fields, the recurring pain they cause in trackers like Jira, and the adjacent pitfall — labels — we avoid for the same reason.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bugspot.com/blog/introducing-bugspothttps://bugspot.com/blog/introducing-bugspotA note on why I am building this, who it is for, and what to expect from the blog.Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT