Hacker News with Generative AI: Project Management

A year of uv: pros, cons, and should you migrate (bitecode.dev)
After one year of trying uv, the new Python project management tool by Astral, with many clients, I have seen what it's good and bad for.
Project 2025 Observer (project2025.observer)
Project 2025 Tracker
Ask HN: How to stop taking on too many projects getting burned out? (ycombinator.com)
I am currently swamped with projects. I can't point to any particular project and say "This one was to much" but all of them combined have got me totally overwhelmed.
Moved from Jira to OpenProject – Built an Open-Source Migration Tool (ycombinator.com)
A few weeks ago, I decided to move away from JIRA to cut costs and self-host my project management tool.
Seeing Software: Why we need to be choosers rather than users (whatworks.fyi)
I hate project management software. Despise it. Refuse to use it—and if I can help it, even look at it. This does not endear me to people in my life who are more traditionally organized and process-driven.
Crushing Jira tickets is a party trick, not a path to impact (seangoedecke.com)
Don’t be a JIRA ticket zombie! I think a common experience among ambitious juniors - certainly I did this once - is to get frustrated at the slow pace of a team and decide “screw it, I’ll just burn through all these tickets”.
How to visualize your Python project's dependency graph (gauge.sh)
GitHub introduces sub-issues, issue types and advanced search (github.blog)
Following our opt-in preview last year, we are excited to release sub-issues, issue types and advanced search for issues to everyone! 🎉
Be Aware of the Makefile Effect (yossarian.net)
I’m not aware of a perfect1 term for this, so I’m making one up: the Makefile effect2.
Show HN: Ultra-portable Gantt chart tool for very regulated environments (github.com/aerugo)
SimpleGantt is a lightweight project management tool designed for environments where software installation is restricted and cloud web applications are not permitted. It runs entirely in the browser.
Is your project on schedule? How do you know? (respectfulleadership.substack.com)
Is your project on schedule? How do you know?
Ncurses-rs project discontinued by the author (lobste.rs)
Merry Christmas, folks. I’m just dropping a heads up that I have archived https://github.com/jeaye/ncurses-rs and will not be developing it further.
Ask HN: How Do You Juggle Multiple Projects? (ycombinator.com)
If you have a handful of projects you're interested in, do you cycle between them in increments- power through them in sequence, or approach them some other way?
Nimbo: A Nimble Offline Kanban Board (github.com/sereneblue)
The nimble Kanban board.
Nullboard: Kanban board in a single HTML file (github.com/apankrat)
Nullboard is a minimalist take on a kanban board / a task list manager, designed to be compact, readable and quick in use.
Uv, a fast Python package and project manager (astral.sh)
You Gotta Own It (2005) (codinghorror.com)
One of the frustrations I've experienced with offshoring projects is the diminished sense of ownership.
Why overplanning makes projects fail? (sanju.sh)
The funny thing about success - it usually shows up when you least expect it. Let's talk about why.
Qodo automatically verifies PR complies with Jira ticket or GitHub issue (qodo.ai)
As development teams scale and projects become more complex, ensuring that code changes align with project requirements becomes increasingly challenging.
Ask HN: Contracting – dealing with ambiguous requirements and liability (ycombinator.com)
I'm talking with a client who wants me to help integrate three pieces of software that are already in development. They are new to custom software and they contracted out each piece without specifying that each of the three should talk to each other.
Qodo Merge integration with Jira — ensure code complies with ticket (qodo.ai)
As development teams scale and projects become more complex, ensuring that code changes align with project requirements becomes increasingly challenging.
Scrum's Definition of Done Is Polishing Plates in a Burning Kitchen (rethinkingsoftware.substack.com)
Imagine a kitchen in chaos. Orders are shouted, chefs scramble to grab random tasks, and no one has time to stop or plan. Amid this whirlwind, the maître d’ stands at the door with a clipboard, refusing to let any dish go out unless it meets an impossible checklist of perfection. It doesn’t matter that the stove is broken or the knives are dull—the dishes must be flawless.
How to effectively scope your software projects (medium.com)
Since starting my career as a software engineer, I’ve learned that scoping is one of the hardest things to get right.
When did estimates turn into deadlines? (domainanalysis.io)
Can I please return to my vacation days in early October?
Communicating Software Estimates (apsis.io)
Communication is hard. It's also extremely important. We're lucky that in the field of software development miscommunication tends to lead to project delays instead of loss of life.
How I ship projects at big tech companies (seangoedecke.com)
I have shipped a lot of different projects over the last ~10 years in tech. I often get tapped to lead new ones when it’s important to get it right, because I’m good at it. Shipping in a big tech company is a very different skill to writing code, and lots of people who are great at writing code are terrible at shipping.
Show HN: Tududi – A Minimalist, Open-Source Task and Project Management Tool (github.com/chrisvel)
tududi is a task and project management web application that allows users to efficiently manage their tasks and projects, categorize them into different areas, and track due dates.
Show HN: I built a Slack app to automate timesheets and project tracking (billableninja.com)
Increase billable hours and improve profitability
One of the best projects I worked on had zero-overhead communication (2020) (sidhion.com)
There’s a project I worked on some time ago that provided me one of the most pleasant experiences I had.
Software estimates have never worked and never will (world.hey.com)
Since the dawn of computing, humans have sought to estimate how long it takes to build software, and for just as long, they've consistently failed.