Hey Product Hunt! 👋

I'm Jem, creator of VelocyTrack. I’m thrilled to share our Public Beta with the Product Hunt community and get your candid feedback!

### 🤦 The Problem We Kept Running Into
As software engineers and tech leads, we all know the dreaded Friday afternoon routine: opening a generic spreadsheet or timesheet app to guess how many hours we spent on which ticket. 

At the same time, our real day-to-day work is scattered across Azure DevOps work items, open pull requests, git branches, sprint backlogs, and endless discussion threads. Timesheet tools don't understand code, and DevOps boards don't understand engineering time intelligence.

### 🚀 What is VelocyTrack?
VelocyTrack is a developer-first DevOps cockpit and time intelligence platform built to bridge that gap. Instead of guessing hours, VelocyTrack links your engineering effort directly to actual artifacts:

- ⏱️ **Frictionless Time Logging**: Log effort directly against work items with commit, branch, and PR linking.
- 🎯 **Sprint & Backlog Accounting**: Real-time burn-down, velocity metrics, and actuals vs. remaining estimates without tedious manual updates.
- 📥 **Unified Engineering Inbox**: Aggregate your assigned work, pending PR reviews, and @mentions across projects in one prioritized feed.
- 🏖️ **Absence & Capacity Planning**: Team availability, public holidays, and leaves integrated directly into sprint allocations.
- ⚡ **Instant Live Sandbox**: Test drive the full application in 1 click with pre-seeded demo data—no sign-up, credit card, or setup required.

### 🗺️ Platform Roadmap
For our initial beta launch, VelocyTrack is deeply integrated with **Azure DevOps (ADO)** (repos, boards, iterations, and work items). GitHub, GitLab, and Jira multi-platform aggregation are actively on our near-term roadmap.

### 🎁 For the Product Hunt Community (Try It Instantly!)
We've made it frictionless for hunters to experience VelocyTrack today:
- ⚡ **1-Click Instant Sandbox**: Click "Instant Demo" on the homepage to explore sprint boards, PR radars, and timesheets right away (zero registration or permissions needed).
- 🚀 **Claim Your Beta Spot**: Enter your work email in "Claim Your Beta Spot" to receive an immediate, automated invitation link to connect your real Azure DevOps organization.
- 🎟️ **Early-Bird Offer**: Beta members and everyone who signs up during the first month after our official release get **50% off their first year**. The beta instance itself stays free for as long as you use it and help us improve it with feedback and issue reports.

I’d love to hear your thoughts:
- How does your engineering team currently manage sprint time accounting?
- What platforms or workflows would you like to see integrated next?

Thank you for checking out VelocyTrack! 🙌

Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Jem, creator of VelocyTrack. I’m thrilled to share our Public Beta with the Product Hunt community and get your candid feedback! ### 🤦 The Problem We Kept Running Into As software engineers and tech leads, we all know the dreaded Friday afternoon routine: opening a generic spreadsheet or timesheet app to guess how many hours we spent on which ticket. At the same time, our real day-to-day work is scattered across Azure DevOps work items, open pull requests, git branches, sprint backlogs, and endless discussion threads. Timesheet tools don't understand code, and DevOps boards don't understand engineering time intelligence. ### 🚀 What is VelocyTrack? VelocyTrack is a developer-first DevOps cockpit and time intelligence platform built to bridge that gap. Instead of guessing hours, VelocyTrack links your engineering effort directly to actual artifacts: - ⏱️ **Frictionless Time Logging**: Log effort directly against work items with commit, branch, and PR linking. - 🎯 **Sprint & Backlog Accounting**: Real-time burn-down, velocity metrics, and actuals vs. remaining estimates without tedious manual updates. - 📥 **Unified Engineering Inbox**: Aggregate your assigned work, pending PR reviews, and @mentions across projects in one prioritized feed. - 🏖️ **Absence & Capacity Planning**: Team availability, public holidays, and leaves integrated directly into sprint allocations. - ⚡ **Instant Live Sandbox**: Test drive the full application in 1 click with pre-seeded demo data—no sign-up, credit card, or setup required. ### 🗺️ Platform Roadmap For our initial beta launch, VelocyTrack is deeply integrated with **Azure DevOps (ADO)** (repos, boards, iterations, and work items). GitHub, GitLab, and Jira multi-platform aggregation are actively on our near-term roadmap. ### 🎁 For the Product Hunt Community (Try It Instantly!) We've made it frictionless for hunters to experience VelocyTrack today: - ⚡ **1-Click Instant Sandbox**: Click "Instant Demo" on the homepage to explore sprint boards, PR radars, and timesheets right away (zero registration or permissions needed). - 🚀 **Claim Your Beta Spot**: Enter your work email in "Claim Your Beta Spot" to receive an immediate, automated invitation link to connect your real Azure DevOps organization. - 🎟️ **Early-Bird Offer**: Beta members and everyone who signs up during the first month after our official release get **50% off their first year**. The beta instance itself stays free for as long as you use it and help us improve it with feedback and issue reports. I’d love to hear your thoughts: - How does your engineering team currently manage sprint time accounting? - What platforms or workflows would you like to see integrated next? Thank you for checking out VelocyTrack! 🙌

VelocyTrack

DevOps cockpit & smart time tracking for engineers

DevOps cockpit & smart time tracking for engineers