Will Hackett is an Australian software engineer based in London, currently serving as CTO of Flowstate.

What does Will Hackett do?

Will Hackett is the CTO of Flowstate, where he leads technical strategy and development of dynamic workforce planning tools. He brings expertise in AI/ML, software engineering, and FinTech, with a background in building SaaS platforms.

Where is Will Hackett based?

Will Hackett is based in London, United Kingdom. Originally from Australia.

Is Will Hackett the character from Hollyoaks?

No, this Will Hackett is a real person - a software engineer and entrepreneur based in London. He is not the fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. This is the professional website of Will Hackett, CTO at Flowstate.

How can I contact Will Hackett?

You can connect with Will Hackett through his professional profiles on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/willhackett).

It's 2025, and JIRA is still clunky

I’ve been dragged back into Jira after five years of bliss with Linear, and it’s rough.

The backlog view is a mess—click the ticket ID, and you get details; click anywhere else, and you get a sidebar. Who thought that was a good idea? Wasted screen space everywhere, clunky UI, and it feels like I’m using software from a decade ago.

Every agile coach wants to use it to measure velocity, but if I’m spending more time wrestling with the tool than getting work done, that velocity is going straight to zero. I'll go back to stick-it notes and a whiteboard before I use this thing.

Will Hackett

CTO at Flowstate, building thoughtful AI products. Previously co-founded Pragmatic and Pactio, and led engineering teams at Blinq and Linktree. Passionate about distributed systems, product engineering, and helping teams ship great software.

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Will Hackett