What calendars can you integrate? It's a no-go if it doesn't have Outlook calendar integration. App developers always assume everyone is OK using Google calendar. Functionality for only Google calendar alienates a large portion of the your prospective user pool who are "Google-Free".
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.
#62If I may ask, do your have significant customer numbers? I'm asking this because I think all of the PM tools you mentioned are very popular.
We're still very early days, and we're working hard on growing our customer base.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#63Does it support Markdown? That's what I find lacking in many of these PM tools - they either use some custom, complicated markup, or wysiwyg, which makes it hard to format text properly and copy and paste text.
I'm a solo founder working on a project management tool which supports markdown. Take a look. :) https://macroapp.io
I like the idea behind this tool. All the best with the development.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#64What calendars can you integrate? It's a no-go if it doesn't have Outlook calendar integration. App developers always assume everyone is OK using Google calendar. Functionality for only Google calendar alienates a large portion of the your prospective user pool who are "Google-Free".
Due to popular demand, Google Calendar will be our first integration. After that, we'll consider adding more Calendars, like Outlook.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#65Pretty impressive to have built this in two years!
I'm a high-level PM and I'm not so sure why the tool is trying to do everything. I use a messaging app to talk to people. I use a todo app to track my personal and business commitments, and I use physical paper and timers to track my personal productivity (weekly plans, journals, timers, etc).
The beauty of PM work is that you can mix and match the tools that make you more effective over time. Maybe that's software, maybe that's more analog tools.
I think this is an excellent solution for teams that aren't established and small in nature though.
I especially feel it will be extremely difficult to compete with the likes of where Notion and GitHub are headed with project management tooling.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#66One thing I've always wanted in a tool like this is the ability to map out probabilities, i.e., we do A, then B but after that we do either C,D or E. Each one on these has an associated probability (C: 0.4, D: 0.5, E: 0.1) and an associated estimate (C: 10 +- 5 normal, D: 12 +- 3 uniform, E: 3 +-1 normal). The UI would look like a graph and like ms project it could include resource levelling in order to show bottlene…
Yeah, it does sound a bit complicated :))
Powerful functionality always comes with the cost of UI/UX. We'll try to make our app simple and easy to use, so we try to avoid any complex features.
Anyway, thanks so much for your feedback and ideas. I appreciate it.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apologize for the misleading words. The right ones should be "I built it with our team"
Why not use “we built it” instead? You don’t want to give your teammates a credit?
Why not give the benefit of doubt?
Maybe the OP just followed the structure of every other showHN post?
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#68Pretty impressive to have built this in two years! I'm a high-level PM and I'm not so sure why the tool is trying to do everything. I use a messaging app to talk to people. I use a todo app to track my personal and business commitments, and I use physical paper and timers to track my personal productivity (weekly plans, journals, timers, etc). The beauty of PM work is that you can mix and match the tools that make yo…
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.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Being on AppSumo helps us gain initial traction and feedback to improve the product at a faster pace, since we're not VC-backed.
As a seller, how does AppSumo work? Is it just a notice board (like product hunt) where you get some exposure? Or do you pay for it (other than offering a bargain discount..)?
Listing on AppSumo is free. They have two options:
- Select: You have to apply to be chosen, they do all the marketing for you and cut 70% of revenue);
- Marketplace listing: You do everything yourself and keep 70% of the revenue.
Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.
#70Very 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?
> if there could be a world where we have a standard...
Probably not.