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Plain software, written down.
Notes on speed as respect, bringing your own agent, and refusing the AI-era pivot. From the team building Radial.
The best AI for project management isn't in the tool. It's your agent.
Every tracker is bolting on an AI copilot and a credit meter. The better AI for project management is the agent you already run, driving a fast tracker through real interfaces, for free.
Will your tracker still exist next year? Switching-cost anxiety, and the one-command exit
The quiet reason you stall on adopting a tracker isn't the setup. It's the fear of being stuck when it changes, gets acquired, or shuts down. Here is how to price that risk to near zero.
The meter you didn't sign up for
Usage-based pricing was sold as fairness: pay for what you use. Then the AI era turned every tool into a meter you didn't ask for. Here is what changed, and the case for one flat number that never moves.
Boring on purpose: the tool that disappears is the one that survives 2026
AI fatigue is now a named condition. The counter-trend is calm, durable software that gets out of the way. Here is why a boring issue tracker is the one still standing next year.
Issue tracking isn't dead. Your tracker just got bored of you.
The most-loved issue tracker declared the category over and pivoted to agent management. The category is fine. Someone still has to keep building the fast, boring, durable thing.