Basecamp — Basecamp 5 is all new for 2026

kept by eddie may 26

Basecamp 5 ships over 100 improvements including a new home screen, notifications sidebar, global/project calendars, Markdown editor, CLI, AI agent integration, subtasks, and voicenotes.

Backpressure is all you need
Lucas Fernandes da Costa uses backpressure as a metaphor for limiting work-in-progress, arguing that engineering velocity improves when teams refuse new work until current items clear.
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Estimates are difficult for developers and product owners
Software estimates are inherently difficult due to novelty and unknowns, with commenters advocating Kanban, historical data, or multi-perspective planning methods.
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37signals Isn't Smarter Than You, But They Are Different
37signals achieves clean code by keeping teams small, cutting scope, and hiring top engineers, a strategy most companies cannot adopt due to feature-driven revenue models.
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New product mode
Basecamp launched Fizzy, an open-source Kanban app, and describes their 'new product mode' approach using Shape Up with more flexibility for rapid experimentation.
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