[markogresak]

> Asana IPO'd last year and still wasn't profitable

This is interesting to hear. From my research last year, it’s more expensive compared to Jira. I had to use Asana at work for high-level planning and it was, in my experience working as an engineer, an inferior product compared to Jira. The only upside I could see is the reporting/project overview and search. But these features are only useful to the manager. For me, it’s just a cumbersome tool. I’ve tried to get used to it, but I wasn’t sold.

Some things that made it difficult to use Asana: - No markdown support for the longest time. - No code block formatting. - Old comments collapsed by default, which hides the full context. This caused people to miss information and ask questions that were already answered.

I do realize Jira and Asana are not trying to address the same problem space. But to manage a team of engineers I would pick Jira every time.