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by ridafkih 1345 days ago
Author here, for the record, I never said the problem was the imposition of processes, I know that is totally necessary, and was listing great "pluses" to Jira as a management tool.

Something I think I could have iterated better in the blog post was that I believe Jira--even without all the bureaucratic processes it promotes--panders solely to higher-level management with zero regard for the ones interfacing with it: the engineers. That's the big issue I see.

I think Linear--by stripping away all the hullabaloo--continues to provide management good insight on team progress without abandoning the ones who actually use it on a daily basis.

I'm really hoping Linear continues to step up to the plate and manages to take on some of the features that make Jira a more attractive piece of software for a lot of people that are familiar with it veering Linear away from its great UI, speed, etc. However, I wonder how many people are actually picking Jira based on its merits rather than it just being what they're accustomed/used to, or simply not knowing there are other options out there.
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voidr 1344 days ago
I feel that the main issue with Jira is that it is a victim of its own success the same way Windows was, when it was built it fulfilled the needs of the time, however time did not stand still and instead of refining what they had, they kept on adding to it without changing its fundamentals.

I think we both agree that in the age of VSCode: it is unacceptable for 30+ billion dollar company to have such a sluggish web UI.

I'm an engineer and I actually feel that Jira fails me because it's not flexible enough, some examples include: - issues cannot have more than one assignee - projects cannot have multiple releasable items / components - poor Bitbucket integration

> However, I wonder how many people are actually picking Jira based on its merits rather than it just being what they're accustomed/used to, or simply not knowing there are other options out there.

I pick it still because most people will understand how it works and I am able to customise it the most to fit everyone's needs more than all the other tools out there.

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