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Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by trentnix »

bigtones wrote: post #303
trentnix wrote: post #297

As someone whose team just got bitten - again - by Jira descriptions being overwritten by an unwitting user with unsaved changes, I feel you. I just can’t imagine why it isn’t easy to recover a previous description and its formatting. Jira solves the larger collaboration problems, but blows it on the small stuff. I spent the next hour fuming and imagining how it would work if it was done right (i.e. the way I thought…

It is very easy to recover a previous version of the description field in Jira. Jira keeps a full change log / audit log of every change to the description field and other fields. You can definitely roll back to an old version of the description field or see what changes were made and when by whom. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jira/jira_view_change_history...

I have a history tab on the Jira issue, so I can see my previous description, stripped of formatting.

I should be able to cut and paste or press a button to restore the description, but no.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

drc500free wrote: post #369
tonypham wrote: post #351

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts, drc500free. That is a very interesting comment. For solos and small teams with simple workflows, I think they'll be able to use some types of "all-in-one" tools to manage their work. For large teams with complex processes, I agree with you that there are no all-in-one tools that could work well for all functions.

Thanks, and best of luck! It's at least 10,000 times easier to lob comments your way than actually build the thing, so please take everything with a grain of salt. I've seen a lot of Monday/Asana/Trello islands in larger orgs, where someone got a foothold for their 3-10 person team but now it can't ever scale. To some extent, using those tools is betting that you'll never actually be successful (if success will requi…

Thanks. I think if they managed to get Upbase works for them in the beginning, then they'd have no problem then they grow a bit. Unless they grow too big, too fast, then they might need to find another solution.

My vision for the product is to serve solos and small teams, so we'll try to keep everything clean and simple.

Thanks again for joining the conversation here.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

mbrodersen wrote: post #355

Years ago I found the perfect tool for managing anything from small personal projects to large complex software development teams: A prioritised to-do list. It’s simple. It works.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Yeah, everything should be simple.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

exotree wrote: post #370

You write that this is more focused on personal productivity, yet everything from your copy to the features seems to be focused on teams. There’s nothing wrong with that, but what I am taking away as someone who wants a personal PM tool from your positioning is that most future updates will be team productivity focus rather than individual productivity. Therefore, I shouldn’t invest in it as an individual. Really coo…

Thanks for your feedback. We'll work on the website copy to make it more clear.

There are many upcoming features that solos will find helpful, like tags, custom fields, Google Calendar sync, etc.

Furthermore, we plan to have the option to turn off all team features so that you won't find the app cluttered if you use Upbase as your personal PM tool.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by sashk »

When I tried to sign up, I've run into issue where your password prompt[1] would require uppercase character, a number and a special symbol... While in my opinion my password satisfied that requirement, your app didn't accept it. If you don't consider period and underscore as a special symbol -- you should mention list of special symbols you accept.

[1]: https://imgur.com/a/JvsXVIN

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

systemicdanna wrote: post #337
tonypham wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the tool is specifically designed for solos and small teams with basic needs and simple workflows. Big teams will find it not powerful or flexible enough. Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it.

This positioning is confusing as most of the features are an overkill for a solo engineer/entrepreneur/etc. The free tier is not a perfect fit a solo person for the same reason. Wonder if it could be worth trying offering tiers based on your vision for different size teams. Eg a solo person gets a single user (no user management features), no chat, no any multi-user features.

Thanks for your interesting suggestions. We did think of having an Individual plan to make it easier for people to choose, and they'll have a better experience.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

cloudking wrote: post #342
tonypham wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume that people want to hear about our story and why we decided to build "just-another-PM-tool", rather than who I am, since it's boring and makes no difference unless I'm a well-known founder.

It makes a difference in establishing trust with your potential customers, you're asking people to connect their Google account and give you money. Who are you? What is your background? Are you VC backed or bootstrapped? I know nothing about your company, why should I give you money? Please don't take this the wrong way, your product looks great! Just helping you with some constructive feedback.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We'll consider this.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by guillegette »

Another productivity founder joining the discussion. Congratulations on your launch! I built https://www.workast.com with similar motivations, but our go-to-market strategy was to focus on teams that use Slack to communicate, and we still do today. While there is tons of competition out there, the market is big enough for all of us to share. It is a bumpy ride but today we are a profitable business. All the best!

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by fire »

I would strongly suggest not having password complexity or length requirements except for perhaps a minimum length of 16+.

Anything else is additional user frustration and serves no real purpose given that you're presumably not storing passwords in plaintext in the year 2022.

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