I run a one-person SaaS company and have been using Trello as a simple planning/tracking tool for my work. For simple tasks, each card is just a title. For more complex ones, I add some notes in the description. My board has just 3 columns: Backlog, In flight, and Done. I spent an hour or so getting it all set up a couple years ago (mostly creating all of the cards for the backlog) and usually spend less than 10-15 minutes a week on the board. As customers submit new feature requests or I find bugs, I add a card and drag it to it's appropriate priority spot in the backlog. Besides that, I review the board every 1-2 weeks to decide if the priority of any items has changed. I try to keep it clean, and quickly archive/delete cards if I decide that I'll never work on them. This gives me a lightweight way to keep things organized without feeling like overkill.
What kind of notes do you take on the “done” column cards? I try to describe the “as built” as well as discovery process for my future self. It’s always valuable in the moment (“oh jeez, what have I done”) and sometimes down the road when/if touching the code again (“I’m so much smarter now! …oh wait.”).
My app, https://easyteegolf.com/ is a niche SaaS that I built in my free time during COVID. MRR varies because I don't charge customers during the winter, but it made about $6K last year.
I've used Jekyll on GitHub for several simple landing pages over the years. My experience has been great. The pages are always up, have SSL, load quickly, and don't really require maintenance.
I started building a simple app to let golf courses book tee times and process payments with Square earlier this year. It got some initial traction last spring from a few courses looking to change from other providers, then slowed down during the golfing season. I'm hoping to continue to grow it during the winter/spring off season. Right now, it does less than $1K MRR. https://easyteegolf.com/
