Open-sourcing ShipReq – a requirements platform written in FP Scala/Scala.js
The creator of ShipReq has decided to open-source the project after facing personal challenges and financial difficulties. ShipReq is a web application designed for managing project requirements, combining features from tools like JIRA and Excel. The open-sourcing aims to make the tool accessible to users who may benefit from its innovative functionalities.
- ▪ShipReq is a SaaS/webapp for storing and managing project requirements, tasks, and issues.
- ▪The application is built using full-stack Scala and is designed to prevent certain types of errors while tracking others.
- ▪The creator has faced multiple personal hardships, including health issues and family tragedies, leading to the decision to open-source ShipReq.
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Today, I'm open-sourcing my life's work and magnum opus: ShipReq. What is ShipReq ShipReq is a SaaS/webapp for storing and managing project requirements, tasks, and issues. It's like a highly configurable combination of JIRA, Excel, and Word, plus new and innovative features not found anywhere else. It was born out of frustration working in an environment where Excel and Word were used for requirements, and everything fell out of date, and was hard to keep correct. ShipReq makes certain classes of errors impossible, and other types of errors trackable. For example, you can write Use Cases such that all the links between steps always stay correct as intended; you even get a graph of steps to make it easier to comprehend.
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