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How to Migrate from Trello Without Losing Your Work
A step-by-step guide to moving your Trello boards to Decknote: export the JSON, import it in one click, and know exactly what carries over and what doesn't.
Read moreKanban Automation: Rules That Save Real Time
Practical kanban automation rules — auto-labelling, moving cards, assigning owners and setting due dates — plus the traps that make automations backfire.
7 min readA Simpler Trello Butler Alternative for Small Teams
Trello's Butler is powerful but gated and complex. Here's how simple trigger-and-action board rules cover the automations most small teams actually use.
6 min readBest Trello Alternatives in 2026: An Honest Roundup
An honest roundup of the best Trello alternatives — Notion, Asana, Monday, ClickUp and Decknote — with real trade-offs, free limits and pricing compared.
6 min readTrello Pricing Per User in 2026 (and a Flat-Price Fix)
Trello pricing per user adds up fast: Standard is $5/user/mo, Premium $10. See what an 8-person team really pays in 2026 and the flat-price alternative.
7 min readHow to Share a Kanban Board With Clients, Free
How freelancers and agencies give clients visibility into a kanban board without buying seats or forcing signups: read-only links, what to share, and how to revoke.
6 min readRecurring Tasks in Kanban: The Same Card Every Week, Solved
How to manage recurring tasks on a kanban board: standups, invoicing, content publishing and maintenance — with templates and archive-to-respawn cards.
6 min readWIP Limits in Kanban: How to Set Them and Make Them Stick
What WIP limits are in kanban, why Little's Law makes them work, how to pick your first number, and what to do when a column turns red on your board.
7 min readWhat is the kanban method? A beginner's guide
What kanban is, where it comes from, and how to apply it today to visualize your work, reduce bottlenecks and ship faster. Explained from scratch.
6 min readCustom Fields Kanban: Turn Your Board Into a Database
Custom fields kanban guide: turn your board into a lightweight database with points, priority selects, budgets and dates in a sortable table view.
6 min read10 tricks to move faster in Decknote
Keyboard shortcuts, command palette, templates and other tricks to manage your kanban boards at full speed in Decknote.
4 min readHow to prioritize tasks when everything seems urgent
Simple methods to prioritize your backlog — the Eisenhower matrix, MoSCoW and more — and how to apply them on a kanban board without going crazy.
5 min readTrello vs Notion: which to choose (and why you may not have to)
We compare Trello and Notion for project management: kanban boards, documents, collaboration and pricing. And how to get the best of both in a single tool.
7 min read5 board templates to kick off your project
Ready-to-copy kanban board ideas: product development, marketing, hiring, freelancing and personal goals.
5 min readHow to organize projects with kanban boards: a practical guide
A step-by-step guide to organizing any project with a kanban board: columns, work-in-progress limits, labels and best practices.
6 min readRemote work: how to keep your team aligned
Best practices for a distributed team to work in sync: a single source of truth, asynchronous communication and radical transparency.
5 min readReal-time collaboration: how your team works without stepping on each other
What real-time collaboration means in a management tool, why it matters, and how Decknote keeps the whole team in sync instantly.
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