[Linear](https://linear.app/) is an app I've been testing out for project management. I quite like it! It, like [[Raycast]], has a lot of emphasis on fluidity and keyboard-focused shortcuts. The former actually integrates with the latter, letting you do work in **Linear** anywhere on your computer. Now I don't write this a recommendation for you to *use* **Linear**. It is an app meant for building and planning products, and it is meant to be an app for teams. I have figured out how to use it alone and for my personal projects, because I am a freak. It helps that I'm already familiar with **JIRA**, which is what **Linear** is, but faster and with a better UI. On top of this I juggle a lot of projects - between this blog, personal stuff, maintenance on my [forum](http://discourse.auldnoir.org), work for my group on Discord, and projects that I want to plan for in the long-term, there's a lot for me to think about. **Linear** operates in two-week cycles and lets me separate all those projects pretty easily. I can look at long-term work a lot more easily. One cycle might have my planned updates for Auldnoir, and another might have a few tracks I'd like to work on in an album I'm trying to finish this century. > [!Info] A note on cycles > Despite being Agile-certified for work, I refuse to acknowledge that stupid system's existence, which is why I don't even refer to sprints by name. Cycles only really work on an individual, or like, two person level, ironically. Benchmarking your own work is the best way to make incremental progress when you're trying to be creative but don't have anyone that can whip you into doing it. But yeah, fuck SCRUM, maybe I'll write about that one of these days. > **Linear**'s shortcuts make it super easy to add tasks to projects for me, or add subtasks to existing tasks, or add reminders to tasks. I can use a size system - XS to XL - for tasks of various effort, and then check that against a cycle and see if I can actually handle everything I'm doing or overexerting myself. ![[Linear-1741476083243.png|412x528]] I can also make a lot of filters which I always enjoy. Filters for all the stuff due today, due tomorrow, stuff that hasn't been updated in the past two weeks, all let me keep track of things without being overwhelming. You can look at stuff kanban-style which is always nice from a visual perspective. And the mobile app lets me look at stuff on the go without needing to play around with the more complicated aspects of the app. Oh! And *dependencies*, man I love dependencies. So much of what I do is dependent on something else getting done first, very often by someone else. Making dependencies connects everything for me and helps me focus on what to do one step at a team. So yeah, big fan so far. Again, *not* a recommendation, but for my own fucked up head and use case, it's been a successful endeavor. Got a lot of writing done. Yippie, that's a good sign I'm at least in an emotionally *stable* place if nothing else lmfao.