The latest articles on DEV Community by Logan Riedley (@lrriedley). https://dev.to/lrriedley https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3872385%2F3ecc1182-5caf-47fe-901b-1d7af5e53177.png https://dev.to/lrriedley en Logan Riedley Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:30:01 +0000 https://dev.to/lrriedley/a-mac-app-that-turns-todo-comments-into-github-issues-automatically-1eg7 https://dev.to/lrriedley/a-mac-app-that-turns-todo-comments-into-github-issues-automatically-1eg7 <h1> Bar Ticket </h1> <p><a href="https://night-district.github.io/bar-ticket-site/?utm_source=dev_to&amp;utm_campaign=initial_post" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download Now</a></p> <p>You write <code>//TODO:</code> comments all day. You file maybe 10% of them as GitHub issues. The rest die in your codebase. You know it. I knew it. So I fixed it.</p> <p><strong>Bar Ticket</strong> is a macOS menu bar app that watches your files and automatically creates a GitHub issue the moment you save a TODO comment. No browser tab. No form. No copy-pasting. No context switching. </p> <p>Just <code>⌘ + S</code> and it's done.</p> <h2> How it works </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight swift"><code><span class="c1">//TODO: fix/login</span> <span class="c1">// Fix login timeout on slow networks</span> </code></pre> </div> <ol> <li>You type that comment in <strong>any editor</strong> — VS Code, Xcode, Vim, Cursor, Zed, whatever you use</li> <li>You hit <code>⌘ S</code> </li> <li>Bar Ticket detects the new TODO via file system events, resolves your GitHub remote from your git config, and creates the issue on the correct repo</li> <li>The macOS notch animates to confirm — detecting → creating → confirmed</li> <li>Your comment gets <code>(#42 github.com/...)</code> appended automatically so you never lose the link</li> </ol> <p>The whole thing takes about two seconds. You never leave your editor.</p> <h2> Why I built it </h2> <p>I kept finding TODOs in old code with zero corresponding issues. "Fix this later" is only useful if <em>later</em> has a ticket. The friction of switching to GitHub, creating an issue, copying the title, and coming back was just enough to make me skip it constantly.</p> <p>The fix had to be zero friction. Not a CLI command. Not a keyboard shortcut I had to remember. Just the thing I was already doing — writing the comment and saving.</p> <h2> Try it </h2> <p>Requires macOS 14.0+. Free download.</p> <p><a href="https://night-district.github.io/bar-ticket-site/?utm_source=dev_to&amp;utm_campaign=initial_post" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Download Bar Ticket →</strong></a></p> <p>Would love to hear how it fits (or doesn't fit) your workflow. Drop a comment with your feedback.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F65vgw2xd38ut55ef78yw.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F65vgw2xd38ut55ef78yw.png" alt=" " width="800" height="400"></a></p> startup github swift