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by andreyvit 5393 days ago
Since I'm obsessed with tools, I've tried all of these: Basecamp TODOs, Google Spreadsheet, Lighthouse, Trac, Pivotal Tracker, GitHub Issues. I find Pivotal Tracker and Lighthouse to work best.

Basecamp TODOs quickly pile up and become unmanageable as ideas keep pouring in.

I hate Trac just because of its design and less-than-perfect attention to detail.

Spreadsheet is very limited when it comes to commenting, and does not allow to view tasks using different groupings/filters without interfering with others.

Lighthouse just feels better than GitHub Issues as a traditional bug tracker. I'd say it is the best place to store the 1000s of ideas you will have.

Pivotal Tracker is probably best if you're working stably, nearly full-time. I haven't been fortunate enough to work on my own projects full time so far, and the planning thing really breaks down when week-to-week progress is overly unpredictable.

Personally, I'd recommend to stick with Lighthouse.