Time & invoicesChatBoardsDocs

The conversation stays attached to the work.

A channel per project, direct messages for everything else, and a daily log short enough that people actually read it.

01Context survivesClient work has its own room, readable six weeks later by someone new.
02Ticket ids resolveType NW-104 and it links to the ticket, with its current status.
03The daybookOne note a day. Across three time zones it replaces the standup.
How it goes
01

A channel per project

Client work gets its own room, so the context is in one place when someone new picks it up six weeks later.

# northwind6 in the room
Maria Santos · 9:14NW-104 is in review
Jun Alvarez · 9:31Taking the QA pass
Alex Reid · 10:02Client call moved to Thu
Direct messages sit alongside, in the same switcher.
02

Ticket numbers become links

Type NW-104 and it resolves to the ticket, with its status. The thread and the board stop being two accounts of the same thing.

NW-104 · referenced in chatIn review
BoardNorthwind
AssignedMaria Santos
Mentioned in3 threads
Anyone reading the ticket can see where it was discussed.
03

The daybook

One note a day: what you did, what is next, what is blocked. A crew across three time zones reads it instead of asking, and it becomes the record of the month.

daybook · 11 Sep4 entries
Maria SantosShipped NW-104
Jun AlvarezBlocked on staging
Rina CastilloDocs for handover
Entries are plain text and take under a minute.
In detail

A channel is a project

Open a channel and you get its chat, its board, its hours and its docs. The conversation does not live next to the work; it is part of the same room. Direct messages sit in the same rail for everything that is not about a project.

References resolve

Type a ticket id and it becomes a link carrying that ticket’s current status. Six weeks later the thread still reads correctly, because the status is read at display time rather than frozen into the message.

  • Ticket ids link and show live status
  • Attachments and screen recordings post inline
  • The daily log channel, one note per person
  • Readable by someone who joins later

The daybook

One log channel, one note a day: what you did, what is next, what is blocked. Across three time zones it replaces the standup, and it gives a client a record of the week that nobody had to write up separately.

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