Reading up on project-management
8 deep · digging since dec 08, 25
- Show HN: Paca – Lightweight Jira alternative for human-AI collaboration
Paca is an open-source, self-hosted project management platform designed for AI agents and humans to collaborate as equal teammates.
- 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.
- Basecamp — Basecamp 5 is all new for 2026
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.
- 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.
Takes
You know a company is starting to lose the plot when they start publishing nonsense comparison pages. Who is juggling Linear, Jira, Rovo for AI, and Loom? 😂 (we still haven’t published a single comparison page)
@karrisaarinen
Now live in your Basecamp 5 account. Zoom the center column on home to go all-in on the project grid.
@jasonfried
Introducing Linear Agent. Built directly into Linear and accessible everywhere, it understands your roadmap, issues, and code. Ask anything. Command everything.
@linear
Started working on a vision document for @openclaw and will close PRs that don't quite fit. https://t.co/yFn3E4u89V pic.twitter.com/6letqAdGV1
@steipete