Tablane

Productivity

task management

SHOW HN2023

352points
184comments
#111of 3,109 in 2023
Top 4%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

29 positive, 42 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 10 critical, out of 87 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.

Design: 7 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, professional design and code

    From 3 comments
    • Really nice looking work! How did you build your landing page and your design? One of the major gaps in my skillset is design/css, so I'm always impressed by good looking sites…
      agentwiggles on HN
    • This is very professional looking code, congratulations!
      eddsh1994 on HN
    • This looks really professional, and I'm impressed. I like you can self-host as well; I'm not personally a fan of relying on the cloud or third-party services for things like…
      vintagedave on HN
  • Fast typing of tasks and subtasks

    From 1 comment
    • This looks promising. I immediately went in and created a Workspace and then a Space (which I gave the same name because I was unsure what a Workspace is or a Space is), and then…
      lkbm on HN
  • Self-hosting option

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really professional, and I'm impressed. I like you can self-host as well; I'm not personally a fan of relying on the cloud or third-party services for things like…
      vintagedave on HN

Objections

  • Landing page and nesting concept are unclear

    From 3 comments
    • This is super impressive; nice to see folks who've come from a Bukkit plugin development background too :P Few suggestions: The description you've given us here on HN is so much…
      lol768 on HN
    • Nice job! I stopped reading at "Tablane is a workspace that adapts to your needs. It's as minimal or as powerful as you need it to be." This tells me nothing and triggers my "do…
      consp on HN
    • Looks pretty awesome, definitely see this as a nice clickup replacements for small projects where clickup might be a little bloated/overkill. I really like the nesting, as that's…
      gremlinsinc on HN
  • Sign-up and login errors

    From 2 comments
    • Hi Marcus! This looks extremely interesting, would have loved to try it out, but trying to sign up / create an account always shows a "Something went wrong" message...
      imagine99 on HN
    • Very impressive! You should definitely have some sort of paid tier! The demo on the homepage is great. btw, minor bug, it's not possible to back out of the login page :p
      winrid on HN
  • Assigning tasks and statuses is hard to find

    From 2 comments
    • I'm giving it a try (using the cloud version) and can't find how to assign someone or set a status to a task. Is it limited to the private beta?
      maille on HN
    • This looks promising. I immediately went in and created a Workspace and then a Space (which I gave the same name because I was unsure what a Workspace is or a Space is), and then…
      lkbm on HN
  • Settings do not work on mobile

    From 1 comment

Requests

  • Sample or default workspace for onboarding

    From 2 comments
    • Nice job so far! One thing that would help onboarding, I think, may be an initial/sample/example/default workspace with some illustrative sections and tasks. It's a bit too…
      lowercased on HN
    • The onboarding is something I need to work on! I plan on having a basic example of some board right after you sign up.
      marconlp on HN
  • Integrations with Zapier and command palette

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really good. Thank you for your hard work. I would like this kind of tool to be integrated with a Mozilla Ubiquity style interface or Sublime Text command palette and…
      samsquire on HN
  • Image pasting in task descriptions

    From 1 comment
    • I had more time to play with it and kinda like it. Do you have plans for image pasting in task description and maybe comments too?
      maille on HN
  • Paid tier

    From 1 comment
    • Very impressive! You should definitely have some sort of paid tier! The demo on the homepage is great. btw, minor bug, it's not possible to back out of the login page :p
      winrid on HN

Questions

  • Why choose the Sustainable Use License

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really professional, and I'm impressed. I like you can self-host as well; I'm not personally a fan of relying on the cloud or third-party services for things like…
      vintagedave on HN
  • How collaborative editing was built

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really professional, and I'm impressed. I like you can self-host as well; I'm not personally a fan of relying on the cloud or third-party services for things like…
      vintagedave on HN

Alternatives named

  • ClickUp

    From 2 comments
    • Looks pretty awesome, definitely see this as a nice clickup replacements for small projects where clickup might be a little bloated/overkill. I really like the nesting, as that's…
      gremlinsinc on HN
    • This looks promising. I immediately went in and created a Workspace and then a Space (which I gave the same name because I was unsure what a Workspace is or a Space is), and then…
      lkbm on HN
  • Notion

    From 1 comment
    • This looks promising. I immediately went in and created a Workspace and then a Space (which I gave the same name because I was unsure what a Workspace is or a Space is), and then…
      lkbm on HN
  • Todoist

    From 1 comment
    • This looks promising. I immediately went in and created a Workspace and then a Space (which I gave the same name because I was unsure what a Workspace is or a Space is), and then…
      lkbm on HN
  • Amazing Marvin

    From 1 comment
    • This looks promising. I immediately went in and created a Workspace and then a Space (which I gave the same name because I was unsure what a Workspace is or a Space is), and then…
      lkbm on HN
  • Monday

    From 1 comment

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