7/22/2026 • 1 min read
When GitHub issues and the project board disagree
Pick a source of truth, then automate the boring sync — not the judgment calls.
Duplicate status updates create quiet distrust between eng and product.
We made GitHub the source for implementation state and the board the source for planning state.
PR links on tasks beat copying titles into a second tracker.
Maya Ortiz
Former eng lead on a remote tooling team.