Linear & Trello

1. Learn it

• ▸The value isn't the tool, it's having one place where the next task is obvious.
• ▸Trello is sticky notes in columns: to do, doing, done. Linear is sharper and built for shipping software.
• ▸Write tasks as outcomes — 'a visitor can reset their password' — not 'fix auth'.
• ▸Anything you'd do 'someday' goes in a separate list, not the one you look at daily.

Cost: Free tiers.

Cut the list to five

Write everything your product needs. Then pick the five things without which you cannot launch, and move the rest to 'later'.

1. 1Pick one: linear.app or trello.com. Free tiers are plenty for a solo build.
2. 2Create three columns and add only your five launch tasks.
3. 3Move one to done today.

MessyDev never signs you up, spends your money, or touches your accounts. You do that part.

4. Use it

From the second week onwards, when your head stops holding the whole list.