Fog Creek Blog
medium.com/make-better-software · Company blog · on HN since 2017
Fog Creek Software, Joel Spolsky's company, posted about FogBugz, its offices, and the shift to Glitch.
What HN saysHN links it for company news such as FogBugz becoming Manuscript, its sale, the Glitch rename, and the new office design.
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Most-shared posts
- 1FogBugz (Manuscript) sold to DevFactory6 people · 26 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 2FogBugz rebranded to Manuscript6 people · 23 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Beyond Open Offices: The New Fog Creek Headquarters5 people · 19 points · first shared 2018 · 5 comments on HN
- 4Fog Creek is now Glitch4 people · 15 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 5Software Matters in the World4 people · 5 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 6Apple is about to do something their programmers definitely don’t want3 people · 24 points · first shared 2017 · 5 comments on HN
- 7Against the Whiteboard3 people · 5 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 8Introducing Climate Leave at Fog Creek1 people · 6 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 9Taking FogBugz Forward1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Implementing an open salary policy at a 17-year-old company1 people · 1 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
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GarethX · 2017-11-15
Sure, but it is a literal answer to what you asked, 'what it is'. For what it does (the toys), I recommend the Feature Tour (https://www.manuscript.com/features/task-management) and for the problem, beyond the video, the best source for now is the launch post: https://medium.com/make-better-software/introducing-manuscript-aa4aabd… I'll get more from that added to the homepage. Thanks for the feedback.
anildash · 2017-08-09
In some ways. They did raise $60 million, too, which didn't hurt. I think we're doing just fine having a successful business on our own terms.
For what it's worth, Atlassian's NYC headquarters is… our Fog Creek offices, complete with private offices for coders. More about that here: https://medium.com/make-better-software/apple-is-about-to-do-something…
(Source: I'm the CEO of Fog Creek.)
mathgeek · 2023-09-08
Fog Creek ceased to exist and became Glitch several years ago, which was when they split off from anything using Wasabi (I was working on the FogBugz team at the time): https://medium.com/make-better-software/fog-creek-is-now-glitch-8d0308…
It' now a part of Fastly: https://www.fastly.com/press/press-releases/fastly-announces-acquisiti…
ipqk · 2022-05-19
FogBugz was sold of a few years back. https://medium.com/make-better-software/moving-forward-with-manuscript…
hinkley · 2020-03-14
I'm still trying to locate the iteration that bugged me, but from what I can see of their new-new-new offices, they seem to be more in keeping with the style I talk about above:
https://medium.com/make-better-software/beyond-open-offices-the-new-fo…
... except that there is so little workspace that I had to stare at the picture for about fifteen seconds to figure out if they did, in fact, have any employees at all.
bvanderplaats · 2018-08-23
This announcement makes the prior news last year feel downright dishonest:
https://medium.com/make-better-software/introducing-manuscript-aa4aabd…
https://www.businessinsider.com/fog-creek-ceo-anil-dash-on-manuscript-…
If Fogcreek is dumping Fogbugz, at least they could have made that plain from the start, rather then go through a crap re-branding effort and pretending there was an actual new vision (other than to offload the property).
I guess I'll be investigating new SDLC tools for 2019. It's been a good run of 11 years for Fogbugz (for my team), but I guess the writings on the wall...
carlosdp · 2018-04-18
Fog Creek famously has a non-open office space [1]
[1] https://medium.com/make-better-software/beyond-open-offices-the-new-fo…
look_lookatme · 2017-11-14
It'll keep your morality and ethics in check, too.
https://medium.com/make-better-software/introducing-manuscript-aa4aabd…
https://medium.com/make-better-software/software-matters-in-the-world-…