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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 antifa »

belfalas wrote: post #341
nisten wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's rare to see offline support in a web app for a few reasons: LocalStorage is easy to use but too limited at 50Mb. WebSQL got deprecated by FireFox because of secuirty issues years ago ( albeit is still somewhat supported in Chrome ). The FileSystem API looked promising, and then google killed it. IndexedDb is the only option, it's slow on writes, therefore requiring major hacks like absurd-sql to be performant. I…

> LocalStorage is easy to use but too limited at 50Mb. Asking sincerely: to me it seems that 50Mb is quite a bit of storage if you are only persisting simple numbers/strings or small JSON documents?

Where is 50 coming from? All docs I've read say 5MB. Also IndexDB crashes in Firefox IndexedDB.

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

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Post by tonypham »

lionel_ZA wrote: post #427
tonypham wrote: post #425

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Thanks for your feedback. We started focusing on marketing a few months ago. Yeah, it's tough to get the word out about the product since there's too much noise out there.

Yeah, tons of noise. Congratulations on getting to where you are, and good luck going forward!

Thanks. All the best with your product!

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

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Post by tonypham »

SeriousM wrote: post #398
tonypham wrote: post #281

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Thanks for your feedback and support. Upbase doesn't support Jottacloud at the moment since there are very few requests for it.

Another question for you: is there any demand for contact management? I mean not a full fledged CRM but somehow note with whom a correspondence has happened or which external person I need to contact for a specific task. It would be important to tag/find person related interactions. Thanks!

At the moment, there are not many requests on contact management yet. Cheers,

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

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Post by tonypham »

hliyan wrote: post #50
hliyan wrote: 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.

Yes, you can use sections for task statuses.

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

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Post by kschrader »

cliffwarden wrote: post #52

Very polished, I'm impressed! It seems like everyone ends up recreating a PM or todo tool at some point. It makes me wonder if there could be a world where we have a standard protocol/api and then anyone can bring their own preferred interface?

One of the big problems here is that there's no agreed upon mental model for how people think about the pieces fitting together (and I don't think that we could come up with one that would work for everyone).

Even if people do have the same model then the terms are often different, depending on how you learned to do things. (Example: What is the "correct" number of levels of tasks -> subtasks and what should each layer be called, i.e "Epics -> Stories -> Tasks")

We've been building out Shortcut (https://shortcut.com/) for several years now it's not uncommon for new leadership (new VP of Eng or VP of Product) to show up in a large organization (100+ people in eng and product) and decide that whatever problems the org is having can be solved by moving to Jira and forcing everyone into a new mental model around how they're building things.

(Side note: We're tracking the rate of success of people who make this decision and how long they last in the org, and it's [perhaps unsurprisingly] not great.)

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

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Post by kschrader »

goodpoint wrote: post #363
nisten wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's rare to see offline support in a web app for a few reasons: LocalStorage is easy to use but too limited at 50Mb. WebSQL got deprecated by FireFox because of secuirty issues years ago ( albeit is still somewhat supported in Chrome ). The FileSystem API looked promising, and then google killed it. IndexedDb is the only option, it's slow on writes, therefore requiring major hacks like absurd-sql to be performant. I…

> LocalStorage is easy to use but too limited at 50Mb. 50MB is plenty for time/project tracking, calendar & similar.

Depends on the size of the organization using it.

It is until you hit the wall on it and then you end up with a lot of tough tradeoffs.

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

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Post by tonypham »

bluekite2000 wrote: post #316
tonypham wrote: post #276

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Thanks so much for your invaluable feedback and suggestions. We're tech guys, not marketers, so we find positioning really challenging at the moment. Thanks again for taking the time to give us some GREAT advice.

Congrats on the launch. Is there an email I can contact you for private questions?

You can get in touch via help@upbase.io

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

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Post by butterNaN »

tonypham wrote: post #424
butterNaN wrote: post #417

The Privacy Policy [1] only covers what is defined as "Personal Data". What about the data created by users themselves? E.g. Tasks/cards created by users. Is user-generated data private enough? I know Trello, Asana, etc. are widely used by businesses, but that is after many b2b guarantees about privacy, defined through legal agreements. For everyone else, it's what you say in Privacy policy document. Bonus: If the da…

Thanks for your feedback. We'll update this page, or even create a separate security page to talk about data security.

Thank you, however please note that Data Security and Data Privacy are distinct topics.

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

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Post by TimTheTinker »

tonypham wrote: post #426

Hey everyone, I'm thinking of introducing an Individual pricing plan (one user only) in which we strip away all team features. This would help bring much better user experiences since there was no unnecessary clutter or noise. I'd like to hear your thoughts about it.

I would love that.

This tool looks like the perfect productivity tool for me - as a staff engineer with accountability for the deliverables of 2 teams (might become 3 soon).

As I can no longer simply track my work in a team's JIRA board, I need some way to keep track of what I'm planning to do, what's in progress, and what's done -- and separately for each team; also including journal entries so I can log research I've done or conversations I've had. The Pomodoro timer and other personal productivity features just make it all the more attractive - a perfect fit.

Upbase looks perfect for this -- minus the team features.

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

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Post by tonypham »

TimTheTinker wrote: post #439
tonypham wrote: post #426

Hey everyone, I'm thinking of introducing an Individual pricing plan (one user only) in which we strip away all team features. This would help bring much better user experiences since there was no unnecessary clutter or noise. I'd like to hear your thoughts about it.

I would love that. This tool looks like the perfect productivity tool for me - as a staff engineer with accountability for the deliverables of 2 teams (might become 3 soon). As I can no longer simply track my work in a team's JIRA board, I need some way to keep track of what I'm planning to do, what's in progress, and what's done -- and separately for each team; also including journal entries so I can log research I'…

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

On this Individual plan, should we allow team features to be turned on and new members to be invited afterward?

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