While all these tools are impressive, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to actually use these in a methodology sense, where do I look for a comprehensive howto for actually setting up and managing things?
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.
#442While all these tools are impressive, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to actually use these in a methodology sense, where do I look for a comprehensive howto for actually setting up and managing things?
The tools are pretty generic, so you can use them in whatever way works best for you. In the future, we'll publish some tutorials/use cases so you can better set up your workflow.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
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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?
I think that could likely be helpful for some people, but probably not in my case. I don't expect anyone else to be working alongside me.
But I imagine a solo founder wanting to start on a low-cost individual plan, and expects to eventually add new members when he/she gets a co-founder and/or more team members.
In any case, people like the feeling of there being an easy "on-ramp" to what they imagine they'll do in the future. GitHub in particular has achieved mastery of easy on-ramps to more (paid) features.
I'd be curious to find out how many Trello boards start out with 1 person and others join weeks or months later.
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With UX and performance jabs you take care of clickup too. God it sucks.
I haven't used ClickUp much myself, but I've heard good things about it. Why does it suck for you?
Using click up for work right now. It's super powerful and is useful to someone like me who will utilize all the features, but very confusing and overwhelming to someone who needs to learn the tool.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#445Maybe I don't get it, but why use this over Microsoft Teams with the To-Do app and/or Planner?
Even with a personal Microsof account you can use Onenote, Teams (for chat I would use maybe Discord) and ToDo for lists.
or Google Workspace ofc. Or even Proton.me
But I have been interested in Notion or Wordpress to get my own Wiki going, but this does look good.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#446The Time Blocking feature is very sexy. It is exactly what I need. Currently, Evernote allows linking notes and calendar events, but it is cumbersome. Your solution is absolutely great.
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Disagree with this. Companies like Microsoft, and Zoho provide these types of tools as part of a broader subscription. For $5/user, I can get email, MS Teams, cloud storage, a tool similar to this, plus tons more. Why would I pay $12/user just for this tool?
What MS product in 365 Business Basic does what this does?
MS Teams with the Planner and ToDo integrations.
Planner:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-planner-in-mi...
ToDo/Tasks: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-the-tasks-app...
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/microsoft-to-do-list...
Teams already has chat, meetings, calendar, wiki (but a very shitty one), file storage, docs via a OneNote document.
I kind of agree with OP, it looks nice for my personal stuff.
But if you are a company, why? And why trust their cloud with your data over a company like Google or MS?
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#448I am encountering a few bugs:
On Board -> Task opens in sidepanel -> Drag and drop task from section to sidepanel ##Fails
Bought subscription -> appsumo returns key code -> used it in promo code. Still don't have full version.
Very frustrating.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#449Hey 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.
Individual plan works great. Since these tools are in an infancy, the user culture has yet to catch on. Launch individual plan (no limits). Launch a friends feature with tracking/comments.
Launch teams feature under paid plan that has a management system built in, with a manager.
Btw, i bought a lifetime plan (sucker?) but it is not activating.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#450I'm excited to try this. I've done the same dance with PM tools over the years and had similar experiences to OP. I've always ended up back on Teamwork which is amazing but they do a hard sell and the price per head is prohibitive for people in my situation (2 person agency, no interest in "10 seat pricing"). Will be good to check it out!
Hi there, I work on product and pricing for teamwork. I’m looking at how we can make plans better suited to smaller agencies. I’d love to chat if you’d be open to it.
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