> Tracking in external system adds overhead not only for filing the issue, but also for triaging it, backlog management, re-triaging to see if it's still a problem, and then closing it when it's finished.
Filing the issue can take as long as writing the TODO message.
Triaging it, backlog management, re-triaging to see if it's still a problem... It's called working on the issue. I mean, do you plan on working on a TODO without knowing if it is still a problem? Come on.
> Issues in an external systems may also be overlooked by developers working on this particular code.
I stumbled upon TODO entries that were over a decade old. TODOs in the code are designed to be overlooked.
The external system was adopted and was purposely designed to help developers track issues, including bugs.
You are also somehow assuming that there is no overhead in committing TODO messages. I mean, you need to post and review a PR to update a TODO message? How nuts is that.
> There are plenty of small things that are worth fixing, but not worth as much as the overhead of tracking them.
If those small things are worth fixing, they are worth filing a ticket.
If something you perceive as an issue is not worth the trouble of tracking, it's also not worth creating a comment to track it.
Filing the issue can take as long as writing the TODO message.
Triaging it, backlog management, re-triaging to see if it's still a problem... It's called working on the issue. I mean, do you plan on working on a TODO without knowing if it is still a problem? Come on.
> Issues in an external systems may also be overlooked by developers working on this particular code.
I stumbled upon TODO entries that were over a decade old. TODOs in the code are designed to be overlooked.
The external system was adopted and was purposely designed to help developers track issues, including bugs.
You are also somehow assuming that there is no overhead in committing TODO messages. I mean, you need to post and review a PR to update a TODO message? How nuts is that.
> There are plenty of small things that are worth fixing, but not worth as much as the overhead of tracking them.
If those small things are worth fixing, they are worth filing a ticket.
If something you perceive as an issue is not worth the trouble of tracking, it's also not worth creating a comment to track it.