Stay organized solo

Tools that power the Stay organized solo stack

• Linear — Issue tracking

  Fast, keyboard-driven issue tracker built for engineers

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• Notion — Docs and planning

  Keep specs, decisions, and research notes alongside your tasks

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• GitHub — Code and PRs

  Link commits and pull requests directly to Linear issues

  See all stacks using GitHub

Setup guide

1. Linear: Create a Linear workspace and project. Capture proposed work as issues in the team's Backlog, choose a one- or two-week cycle, and move the selected issues into it. Inbox contains notifications about subscribed issues; it is not the idea backlog. If enabled, team Triage is a separate intake queue for incoming issues. Confirm one test issue appears in the intended view. (Open official guide)
2. Notion: Create a Notion page as your project home. Add child pages for: product spec, architecture decisions, and a change log. Link each Notion doc to the relevant Linear project so context lives alongside the work. (Open Notion instructions)
3. GitHub: Connect GitHub to Linear if you want linked development work. Configure the desired issue transitions, reference a test issue from a pull request and confirm the status changes on the intended event. Keep planning in the tracker and code review in GitHub rather than duplicating task lists. (Read official instructions)

   Check: One issue moves from backlog into the active cycle, links to its context, and follows the configured test-PR status change; Inbox contains notifications.