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Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

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Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

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I've always wanted to like Trello, but i'm never sure quite how or what to use it for. It doesn't work well for me for project management, since you can't create tasks with due dates or assignees. I'm not sure how folks get around that. edit: I was thinking of checklists, not cards.

You absolutely can create a card, assign a user to it, and give it a due date... I'm pretty sure that functionality has been there for a while.

Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

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post #29

I've always wanted to like Trello, but i'm never sure quite how or what to use it for. It doesn't work well for me for project management, since you can't create tasks with due dates or assignees. I'm not sure how folks get around that. edit: I was thinking of checklists, not cards.

> since you can't create tasks with due dates or assignees. You can do both.

Is that new? Unless something's changed recently, the only way I knew of to do this is a hacky workaround:

http://help.trello.com/article/942-assigning-people-and-due-...

Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

#33
post #29

I've always wanted to like Trello, but i'm never sure quite how or what to use it for. It doesn't work well for me for project management, since you can't create tasks with due dates or assignees. I'm not sure how folks get around that. edit: I was thinking of checklists, not cards.

> since you can't create tasks with due dates or assignees. You can do both.

Ah I see what I was remembering now. It was checklists that I wanted to be able to assign, not cards.

Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

#34
post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> since you can't create tasks with due dates or assignees. You can do both.

Is that new? Unless something's changed recently, the only way I knew of to do this is a hacky workaround: http://help.trello.com/article/942-assigning-people-and-due-...

No, they’ve been available for (at least) 3 years: http://blog.trello.com/due-date-notifications-list-move-and-...

Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

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post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> since you can't create tasks with due dates or assignees. You can do both.

Is that new? Unless something's changed recently, the only way I knew of to do this is a hacky workaround: http://help.trello.com/article/942-assigning-people-and-due-...

That link is referring to checklists. You've been able to assign people and due dates to cards for a long time.

Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

#36

I've always wanted to like Trello, but i'm never sure quite how or what to use it for. It doesn't work well for me for project management, since you can't create tasks with due dates or assignees. I'm not sure how folks get around that. edit: I was thinking of checklists, not cards.

It's more of a to-do list on steroids than a project management tool. I also tried to fit it in my workflow, because I like what they are doing, but ultimately decided it wasn't for me. I think it's okay if it doesn't work for you, not every tool is for everyone. Asana for example takes a different approach to the "to-do list on steroids" idea that may work better for some, but neither approach is better or worse than the other in my opinion, when it comes to services like these what works and what doesn't is a very subjective thing.

Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that new? Unless something's changed recently, the only way I knew of to do this is a hacky workaround: http://help.trello.com/article/942-assigning-people-and-due-...

That link is referring to checklists. You've been able to assign people and due dates to cards for a long time.

Sorry, this was about a year ago when I was researching different options for project management, and I forgot that it was the checklist feature that I was thinking of.

Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

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post #23
post #9

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It's not really a secret: https://www.quantcast.com/trello.com

Yes it is. Some users will only ever use the mobile app. I don't know anyone on my teams except myself who log in on the web.

Quantcast has our mobile data too.

Re: Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups platform

#39
post #8

Awesome that this hit front page. Thanks! But I think the more interesting link for the HN crowd is this one: How to build a Trello powerup: https://developers.trello.com/power-ups/samples Sample github repo: https://github.com/trello/power-up-template

what about trello tech stack? that's quite interesting for HNers too! http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-trello-tech-stack/ but that post is about 3 years old, so I wonder how they changed over the years....

We also have some additional info and insight on Trello's tech stack: http://stackshare.io/trello/trello
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