from Hacker News

A common question that seems to get asked of product teams, especially in early & growth stage startups is: "when is <insert feature> shipping?" or "did <...> already ship?". A similar thing that happens is non-prod/eng teams not being aware that a thing they were waiting on is already shipped.

I know many of you will say this is a communication problem and not a tools problem. While that's largely true, I believe that tools can make this better visible.

I have an idea for a tool that connects the dev team's code repos to the project tool they use and in a neat dashboard answer the above questions. I also have ideas for how to abstract one level up from just tickets.

I need help understanding if I'm thinking of a solution looking for a problem or if something like this could actually help deliver value to some stakeholders -- especially non-prod/eng folks in a company, execs, and possibly even customers.