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Was surprised twitter used Phabricator and Jira given how bad the UX of those is.


Phab's is pretty good, in my experience. At least for engineers. Jira is of course atrocious.


I remember using and managing Phabricator a couple of years ago and its UX was horrible. Also, wasn´t its developemnt kind of discontinued at some point in the pass?


That part is a pain, yes. It's pretty much just hanging on for now until people migrate off of it. But I don't mind the UX much, find it pretty easy to use.


I'm now working on a team using Jira with a kanban setup.. have to be honest, first time in decades that I've seen/used Jira and not wanted to pull what's left of my hair out.


what's a good alternative to Jira?


I personally love https://height.app now


Depends on your size, needs, scale, visibility and other requirements...

I've seen good/bad usage of Azure DevOps. You can also use Trello, or actual cards/tape on a wall. It's just the first time I haven't hated Jira.


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