Hacker News with Generative AI: Project Management

Ask HN: Is Basecamp Good? (ycombinator.com)
Genuinely curious to understand from people who have used other stuff from Atlassian, Notion etc and successfully made switch to Basecamp. Or vice versa. Basecamp design and tools look very well done but somehow in the past it has not stuck much with me or various teams I have tried it with. Love DHH & Jason on X and their books tho!
Project Management, Software, Collaboration, Comparison
13 points by jharohit 2 days ago | 12 comments
Wasting Inferences with Aider (worksonmymachine.substack.com)
This week’s ‘Works on My Machine’ explores a pattern that leans into the “Waste Inferences!” concept I’ve shared in the past and asks the question: what if we just trigger multiple AI attempts automatically from our project management tool and just pick the best result?
Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Project Management, Software Development
139 points by Stwerner 13 days ago | 105 comments
Using fake deadlines without driving your engineers crazy (manager.dev)
As a developer, fake deadlines drove me crazy.
Project Management, Software Development, Productivity
54 points by stryhx 24 days ago | 91 comments
All estimations are wrong, but none are useful (techworld-with-milan.com)
If you're working in a team using the Scrum framework, you use story points to estimate effort on your stories, tasks, etc. Some management also takes this into account and does planning, measures your productivity, and even keeps you accountable when something is done. Yet, they need to learn that software estimations are always wrong.
Software Development, Scrum, Project Management
49 points by Kerrick 27 days ago | 71 comments
DoD kills off HR IT project after 780% budget overrun, years of delays (theregister.com)
After blowing deadlines and budgets for years, the Pentagon has finally pulled the plug on a troubled project to overhaul its outdated civilian HR IT systems.
Government, Technology, IT, Project Management, Budget
15 points by LinuxBender 33 days ago | 4 comments
Project Operation Whitecoat (2010) (lib.csusb.edu)
Project Management, History, Military
107 points by smegger001 33 days ago | 104 comments
PackagePhobia – Find the cost of adding a new dev dependency to your project (packagephobia.com)
Find the cost of adding a new dev dependency to your project
Software Development, Software Dependencies, Project Management, Cost Analysis
36 points by pabs3 37 days ago | 44 comments
How I've run major projects (benkuhn.net)
My few most productive individual weeks at Anthropic have all been “crisis project management:” coordinating major, time-sensitive implementation or debugging efforts.
Project Management, Software Development, Anthropic, AI, Productivity
5 points by surprisetalk 39 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: EnkiTask: Lightweight Project Management for Freelancers (enkitask.com)
Our tool is designed for both freelancers and team collaborations. Built with Agile principles and Scrum methodology, it strikes the perfect balance between simplicity and power. Keep your tasks organized, projects on track, and budgets intact, whether you're working solo or managing a team.
Freelancing, Project Management, Agile, Scrum
68 points by booper 40 days ago | 48 comments
Show HN: 10 teams are racing to build a pivotal tracker replacement (bye-tracker.net)
Many people expressed their sadness and love for Pivotal Tracker when the shutdown was announced. Today, as we get closer to the sunset date, we want to remember what made it unique and provide an overview of the projects carrying Tracker's legacy forward. It's exciting to witness more than 10 teams from across the globe working to achieve this goal in a condensed time frame.
Software, Project Management, Open Source, Community, Technology
130 points by jFriedensreich 41 days ago | 93 comments
Are There Opportunities to Use OODA Loops in Your Software Project? (atomicobject.com)
The world is full of good ideas misapplied, so I want to be careful when discussing OODA loops. The OODA loop was created as an idea in the study of war. War is endemic to the way humans are (at least, so far), but it is always, in part or in whole, a tragedy. And characterizing software engineering, business operations or entrepreneurship as a conflict in that vein can create an overly aggressive view of the world.
Software Development, Project Management, Decision Making
9 points by philk10 44 days ago | 12 comments
With AI you need to think bigger (rodyne.com)
I have noticed something in the past 12 months, something a little profound. I have noticed that I am no longer scared that a project will be too big or too complex for me, or that a project will use a technology or programming language I don’t know.
Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Project Management
305 points by boznz 48 days ago | 167 comments
AI is going to hack Jira (godfreyai.com)
AI is going to hack Jira
AI, Software, Project Management
12 points by bsick7 50 days ago | 2 comments
The False Summit – When 90% done becomes 50% (jeremyaboyd.com)
Productivity, Software Development, Project Management
20 points by jermaustin1 58 days ago | 7 comments
Project Scripts (paul-samuels.com)
Try creating a cli executable in your project that exposes common project tasks that are written in the project’s core language. This allows better contribution and less single points of failure with pockets of knowledge in the team.
Software Development, Automation, Project Management, Collaboration
22 points by ingve 61 days ago | 17 comments
Kaneo – An open source project management platform (kaneo.app)
An open source project management platform focused on simplicity and efficiency. Self-host it, customize it, make it yours.
Open Source, Project Management, Software, Web Development
152 points by saturn5k 63 days ago | 67 comments
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.
Python, Project Management, Software, Tools
723 points by bertdb 66 days ago | 394 comments
Project 2025 Observer (project2025.observer)
Project 2025 Tracker
Project Management, Future, Predictions
190 points by napolux 67 days ago | 57 comments
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.
Time Management, Burnout, Project Management, Productivity
9 points by annie_muss 72 days ago | 23 comments
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.
Open Source, Project Management, Migration Tools
11 points by eibrahim 81 days ago | 12 comments
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.
Software, Project Management, Productivity
4 points by yarapavan 82 days ago | 0 comments
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”.
Software Development, Productivity, Project Management, Team Dynamics
89 points by scarface_74 91 days ago | 81 comments
How to visualize your Python project's dependency graph (gauge.sh)
Python, Visualization, Dependency Graphs, Software Development, Project Management
22 points by the1024 95 days ago | 7 comments
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! 🎉
Software, GitHub, Project Management, Search
368 points by julius-fx 100 days ago | 206 comments
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.
Software Development, Programming, Makefiles, Project Management
431 points by thunderbong 105 days ago | 342 comments
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.
Project Management, Web Applications, Software, Security, Open Source
115 points by aerugo_ 107 days ago | 29 comments
Is your project on schedule? How do you know? (respectfulleadership.substack.com)
Is your project on schedule? How do you know?
Project Management, Time Management, Leadership
9 points by lkrubner 116 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Rust, Libraries, Open Source, Project Management, Discontinued Projects
4 points by marcus0x62 121 days ago | 0 comments
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?
Time Management, Project Management, Productivity, Software Development
17 points by rolly_polly 125 days ago | 15 comments
Nimbo: A Nimble Offline Kanban Board (github.com/sereneblue)
The nimble Kanban board.
Kanban, Project Management, Software, Nim, Programming
5 points by jskherman 126 days ago | 0 comments