Developer built a custom Kanban tool over six years to fix manager-centric board design that slows down engineering teams.
Key Takeaways
The core complaint is boards optimized for manager legibility rather than engineer workflow, forcing constant filtering and scrolling.
The builder argues one board glance should show who is overloaded, what is stuck, and where the project stands.
Six years of iteration suggests this is personal tooling graduated to a product, not a weekend side project.
The demo requires account creation and email signup, and documentation is sparse at launch.
Hacker News Comment Review
Broad consensus that the real problem is social and organizational, not technical: boards become useless when senior people refuse to engage because visibility means accountability.
Commenters flagged significant launch friction: no guest demo, no open-source code, a restrictive license on what is essentially a todo app, and missing differentiation narrative.
The tool’s positioning undercuts itself by spending six years on the problem without articulating what it does differently from Jira, Linear, or a plain Kanban column.
Notable Comments
@dvh: promo screenshot shows 6 items, not the 200+ that expose real scaling pain.
@s_a_m: “there are two types of project management tools, the ones everyone complains about and the ones nobody uses.”
@wpietri: concrete fix offered: gated demo kills conversions, replace with one-click sandbox that auto-reaps after 48 hours.
