Developers need focused time, but also need to know when a build fails or a reviewer asks a question. When pull request notifications, design discussion and release checklists are spread across different places, things get missed and focus is broken by noise.
How software development teams set up Tandem App
- Create #dev-backend, #dev-frontend and #releases, and connect GitHub so pushes, pull requests and issues post into the relevant channel.
- Keep discussion in threads and follow the ones you care about from the Threads page, rather than watching the whole channel.
- Use the #releases task board for each release, with a checklist: changelog written, migrations reviewed, deployed to staging, deployed to production.
- Set the noisy GitHub channel to mentions only and use do-not-disturb while working.
Clients and outside people
Contract developers join the channels for their project as Full access guests with an end date at the end of their contract.
What it costs
Tandem App is free for up to 3 users. Paid plans are charged per user (owners, admins and members) from $1.99 a month, and guests are free: 5 for every paid user. Every feature is on every plan. See pricing.