Uclusion – We spent 7 years building an opinionated planning tool

Hi HN,

Uclusion has unique collaboration features for teams and customers, but we want to highlight that it also solves three solo dev planning pain points:

1. Data Structure: Almost all project management tools mess up the data structure. They either do Task > Subtasks (hiding the actual work deep inside child tasks) or Job > One-line tasks (forcing you to describe complex work without rich text or pictures). We use Job > Tasks > Grouped Tasks where the tasks are full comments that can be resolved, moved, or marked in progress.

2. State Management over Custom Labels: Instead of unstructured, custom user labels like 'In Progress', Uclusion uses built-in job stages. Because the system actually understands the true state of a job, it can provide help wizards, display appropriate context, and even optimize navigation.

3. AI and CLI: Uclusion features a CLI that tracks code TODOs and deployments. Even better, it outputs your planning data in AI readable markdown so you can easily pipe your project context into your LLM workflows.

Talk is cheap, so from our landing page you can jump straight into a sandbox demo—no credit card required—and try out the populated solo and team workspaces.

Would love your feedback, and am happy to respond to any questions.