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Github issues and milestones for me.

Generally I put all features, ideas, bugs, etc into small granular issues that I can ideally complete in a day or two. I’ll group them into milestones representing high level goals (“implement video editor”, “v1.1 release”, etc) and then prioritize issues accordingly into a kanban dashboard.

I find that this method takes little extra time and lets me separate my development brain from my project management brain. I can come up with high level design and compose goals, then start hacking away later in tiny sprints without needing to think too much about how things fit together. Issue comments are also great places to record ideas when you’re e.g. at a bar with friends and have a sudden breakthrough that you want to jot down.

Most importantly though it helps with motivation, since it’s usually much easier to pick up my laptop knowing I’ll be able to achieve something that day rather than making incremental progress towards a larger goal.