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This article encompasses lots of the reasons why I dislike traditional todo apps as well. Unlike the author I did end up creating my own solution which solves

This article encompasses lots of the reasons why I dislike traditional todo apps as well. Unlike the author I did end up creating my own solution which solves a lot of the problems suggested by using a tree structure instead of a list structure. I have found it works better for my productivity than any other app as it encourages breaking tasks down into smaller chunks which are then easy to complete and build momentum as OP suggests. It’s available at https://tatask.com https://tatask.com I’m always open to feedback on improving it too.

hnuser123456 3y ago
This is awesome, well done and thank you.
- mgirkins 3y ago
  Thank you :)
lelanthran 3y ago
I did the same - a tree of tasks: https://github.com/lelanthran/frame/blob/release/v0.1.4/docs/FrameIntroduction.odp https://github.com/lelanthran/frame/blob/release/v0.1.4/docs... I made it integrate with my PS1 variable so that it's useful from the terminal; my terminal prompt includes the current task, the same way it includes the git branch. (There's a GUI I'm working on too, at the moment).
senkora 3y ago
I also did this. I decided after a few false starts that I was simply never going to commit to use a todo system that someone else made, so I wrote my own. The tree-of-tasks idea is great and exactly what I did. I probably won’t ever release it since I’m under no delusions that I’m creating something novel, but I love seeing how others approach the problem and taking ideas to incorporate into my system.
OO000oo 3y ago
I think I do the same thing but with nested bulleted lists in mu text editor. Am I missing something?
- mgirkins 3y ago
  That's what I used to do too. It works great but I wrapped it up in an app for myself so that I could include scheduling, favouriting to plan my day and some other UX enhancements over a .txt file.
moneywoes 3y ago
So the innovation here is sub folders for individual tasks? And compared to say Jira the benefit here is unlimited sub folders?
- mgirkins 3y ago
  The innovation is modelling projects as a tree that can be broken down into smaller chunks. You can nest as deeply as you like and therefore break down even the most complex ideas into actionable steps.
toyg 3y ago
Got hugged to death? 404 now. Edit: lol, did you implement a referral block from HN at the JS level...? That seems silly, you've already sent the data...
- mgirkins 3y ago
  It should be working, I haven't tried to block any HN traffic! That's strange :(

hnuser123456 3y ago

This is awesome, well done and thank you.

mgirkins 3y ago
Thank you :)

lelanthran 3y ago

I did the same - a tree of tasks: https://github.com/lelanthran/frame/blob/release/v0.1.4/docs/FrameIntroduction.odp https://github.com/lelanthran/frame/blob/release/v0.1.4/docs... I made it integrate with my PS1 variable so that it's useful from the terminal; my terminal prompt includes the current task, the same way it includes the git branch. (There's a GUI I'm working on too, at the moment).

senkora 3y ago

I also did this. I decided after a few false starts that I was simply never going to commit to use a todo system that someone else made, so I wrote my own. The tree-of-tasks idea is great and exactly what I did. I probably won’t ever release it since I’m under no delusions that I’m creating something novel, but I love seeing how others approach the problem and taking ideas to incorporate into my system.

OO000oo 3y ago

I think I do the same thing but with nested bulleted lists in mu text editor. Am I missing something?

mgirkins 3y ago
That's what I used to do too. It works great but I wrapped it up in an app for myself so that I could include scheduling, favouriting to plan my day and some other UX enhancements over a .txt file.

moneywoes 3y ago

So the innovation here is sub folders for individual tasks? And compared to say Jira the benefit here is unlimited sub folders?

mgirkins 3y ago
The innovation is modelling projects as a tree that can be broken down into smaller chunks. You can nest as deeply as you like and therefore break down even the most complex ideas into actionable steps.

toyg 3y ago

Got hugged to death? 404 now. Edit: lol, did you implement a referral block from HN at the JS level...? That seems silly, you've already sent the data...

mgirkins 3y ago
It should be working, I haven't tried to block any HN traffic! That's strange :(