Thanks everybody for your comments. I should probably point out a couple of things.
- The project is most definitely not ready for prime time yet, and I hadn't intended to publicly launch until I have two more major features ready. Thank you NoSunlight for letting the cat out of the bag!
- Those features are comments and iterations, which are both nearing completion.
- In its present state, the project is probably only suitable for competent Rails / Backbone.js hackers. It will probably be usable in the near future, but not yet. If you need a working alternative, sign up to Pivotal Tracker, it is well worth it.
My motivation for creating this project was twofold. One, I love Pivotal Tracker, to a degree that is probably not healthy. I use it extensively and, crucially, I use it for estimating projects. I completely understand the move to a paid model for PT, but it would impact my way of working considerably and become one of my main expenses. Secondly, I was kind of intrigued by how hard it would be to implement an alternative to what is, in my opinion, one of the most impressive web applications I've ever used. It turns out it's very hard!
For those of you who find this project offensive or unsatisfactory in any way, I genuinely and sincerely implore you to continue using PT. It rocks!
It most certainly isn't better, in fact I'd say it's considerably worse (as the author, I hope I can say that without recrimination!).
I like your interpretation of the name, a little effort gets a lot of work done. The meaning of the name is supposed to be a pun, i.e. a fulcrum is a pivot point.