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chrisoconnellon Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker, has died

While this is the same "generation" as the legendary AE86, it's worth noting that the FX Corolla's are on the AE80/EE80 chassis, featuring a FWD drivetrain or F/F layout.

What made the AE86 such a legendary car was the F/R (RWD) layout and a 16valve 4A-GE engine. These were made alongside the FWD Corollas of the same years, and were quite substantially different.

chrisoconnellon Ask HN: How does your company handle late running projects?

Take a look at Linear. We're all in. As simple as Pivotal, none of the bloat of Atlassian tools.

You can set Linear up to almost emulate a Pivotal experience, but I personally love the keybinding first user experience of Linear. It makes it incredible fast to navigate, and its easy for all members to view the status of projects.

chrisoconnellon Ask HN: How does your company handle late running projects?

We don't do deadlines. We do scope. We estimate scope using story points and estimate the number of cycles assuming "x" story points are hit in a cycle. With clients, we share this process, giving transparency into our progress. We never promise a specific release date, and if we see the timeline stretching further than the client would like, we adjust the scope of the project to shorten the length of the project.

I've never had a better relationship with clients with another model. They get to understand more of what a real development project is. We even invite them to our Cycle Demos for their project.

The best way to not get behind is to not set a deadline. Instead set a scope and budget. Communication is key. More often than not, adding developers does not speed up a project, only adjusting scope does.

Adjust Early. Adjust Accordingly. Adjust Often.