Every project here chooses its own panels, its own fields, its own words and its own way of paying. Same software underneath — and a project shows what that project needs and nothing else.
Because bending it means forking it — a consultant, a scoping call, a branch nobody maintains. So instead you get one project shape for everybody, and you spend a year working around the four fields that don't fit.
Nothing here works that way. Every module is already an Instrument that switches on per workspace, every project already picks its own panels and fields, and every screen already renames itself to your words. A project that looks nothing like the last one isn't a special case — it's one more of the thing this is made of.
And when the switches genuinely run out, you ask me — and that's a Tuesday, not a quarter.
Tickets, meetings, time, mileage, notes, files, people — on, off, and in the order you drag them. Off never deletes; turn it back on and it's all still there.
A due date, an assignee, a timer, sub-tasks, an estimate — each one off means the field isn't there at all. A task with three fields is faster to write than one with nine.
A plain list, grouped by status, columns by stage, by week or term, or just a checklist. Columns for work that moves; by week for anything on a calendar.
Hourly, a flat fee, a salary, a bonus, or not billed at all — and new projects default to not billable, because most work isn't.
Which is why you don't start from switches — you start from a sentence about how you work. Pick client work billed by the hour, or a salaried workstream, or something of my own, and twelve switches get flipped by somebody who already thought about it.
Most people never open the setup screen again. And once you've shaped one project the way you like it, save it as your own starter — the next nine take one click.
A starting point, not a category — everything it sets you can change, and nothing is locked to the shape you picked.
Matters, cases, jobs, sites, cohorts. Rename the noun and every screen, button, report and email follows it.
One line and a place to type. No setup checklist, no tour, no sample data — a first project shouldn't look like homework.
As many as you like. Projects, clients, tickets and notes aren't metered — only files are, because files cost me money.
No. Plenty of real work belongs to nobody but you, and forcing a client would just make you invent one.
That's the point. Different panels, different task fields, different layout, different words, different pay model — same tables underneath.
Rhythms — daily, weekly, monthly, on the days you choose. A 4am job archives yesterday's and writes today's, and skipping one costs nothing.
No, and there won't be. Nor story points, sprints, velocity or a burndown — those exist to report upward, and there's nobody above you.
Archive it — it leaves the list, keeps everything, stays searchable, and every link into it still resolves. Nothing is deleted unless you say so twice.
Not your simplest project — the one that never fits anywhere else. That's the five minutes that tells you whether this is different, and it's the reason the setup screen exists at all.