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

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I was trying this and looks good, but I can not edit what time a task is done, when on week view, which makes it impossible to setup the time a task could be done at at a future date. Also if I create a task on a weekly planner view, it should I believe show up as a task which "needs to be done" . It seems to not exist, unless I am in weekly view. Because of this missing functionality or my ability to figure it out I…

You can open the due date picker to set the time, or go to the Daily Planner page and then drag and drop a task onto the right sidebar Calendar to set the start and end time.

Weekly Planner and Daily Planner are the two main views, so you need to go to these pages to check for due tasks.

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

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post #40

Looks great! There seems to be a bug with dates (maybe timezones)? I'm in the central US, and just created a task with a date of today (Nov 13) -- it shows up as "Yesterday".

Thanks so much for your feedback. We'll check the timezone issue.

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

#44
Kudos to your effort! I think I will be next in line, over time, with similar post. Everything I’ve tried is just not working (in full). From now great experience, it seems team sizes need definitely different approaches and also it seems people building those tools don’t really have much experience in what works and what doesn’t across orgs and team sizes. To be honest, I strongly believe it’s not possible to build one size fits all solution anyways for project management, and on the other hand I also believe a tool for project management should have ultra strong vision and less flexibility.. with a space then for different tools/methodologies for people to choose from instead of trying to have one tool that fits (not) all.

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

#45

It’s a cool tool, but you are in a highly commoditised market with intense competition. Your product has to be more than good to win people over. I use Jira in a project right now and it’s a sea of tickets with no order or structure. So there may be a problem to solve if you can find a great workflow.

Thanks for your feedback. We're aware that we're in a very saturated and competitive market, and the product needs to be GREAT, not just good.

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

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Uses the same folder-list paradigm as ClickUp, which, as a long time JIRA user recently converted to ClickUp, I find to be a plus. The simplicity and responsiveness of the interface appears to be an improvement over ClickUp. However, one thing I love about ClickUp is its ability to quickly configure task statuses (which in JIRA, is the equivalent of programming a VCR). So if this product could add flexible task statuses, and also task tags, it might be a low cost contender to ClickUp.

Edit: also, rather than folders > lists > sections, it might be worthwhile to introduce nested folders, which is a very popular feature request in ClickUp but that team never actually got around to adding it. Another thing: subtasks.

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

#48

Kudos to your effort! I think I will be next in line, over time, with similar post. Everything I’ve tried is just not working (in full). From now great experience, it seems team sizes need definitely different approaches and also it seems people building those tools don’t really have much experience in what works and what doesn’t across orgs and team sizes. To be honest, I strongly believe it’s not possible to build…

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Upbase is specifically designed for solos and small businesses, which don't need a lot of fancy features. I have a sense that most PM tools are built for large teams and enterprises, with too much bells and whistles.

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

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post #46

Uses the same folder-list paradigm as ClickUp, which, as a long time JIRA user recently converted to ClickUp, I find to be a plus. The simplicity and responsiveness of the interface appears to be an improvement over ClickUp. However, one thing I love about ClickUp is its ability to quickly configure task statuses (which in JIRA, is the equivalent of programming a VCR). So if this product could add flexible task statu…

Just figured out that sections map to statuses. Not a bad idea.
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