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Okay i've been fucked by several todos apps now, I think i'll switch to emacs and self-hosting...

by cafebabbe 9y ago

preek 9y ago
Did that one year ago and have never been happier with my todo and references setup! Good luck to you^^
bastih 9y ago
Especially with the Android-Apps that support org-mode, this actually isn't too bad of a setup.
sametmax 9y ago
The thing is, for something critical, you should not use a software that doesn't have: - an open source self hostable implementation, even if they offer a paid instance to ease your life. - an open format in which you can get your todos entries - an offline client that will still work even if the online instance closes
- cafebabbe 9y ago
  Yup, totally agree. Lesson learned!
- littlehood 9y ago
  I've started using Standard Notes, but it kind of feels like it's still beta.
- TeddyDD 9y ago
  That's why I use todo.txt TaskWarrior and org mode are interesting as well. I have to look into differences between then.
  - danieldk 9y ago
    I have been using org-mode the last few months and I really like it. It easy to get lost in all the possibilities, but it has extremely cool features, for instance: since org is also a markup language, I can just create my slides with Markdown-like markup and export it to e.g. LaTeX beamer. But since any heading can be made a TODO item, I can just mark slides that are not done as TODO and it will show up on my TODO list.
- xaedes 9y ago
  Sounds like Bullet Journal. Will still work in a hundred years. Heck even the offline client could work thousands of years if properly stored^^ Started to use it because of some HN comment suggested it and I am so happy to started this. The only todo system that really stuck with me over time.
djsumdog 9y ago
Same here. I used Astrid, which Yahoo acqui-killed and I totally missed the memo that Microsoft owned Wunderlist.
- cholantesh 9y ago
  There's a really nice, feature-complete open source clone of Astrid in the Play store. It's not quite as charming, though.

Okay i've been fucked by several todos apps now, I think i'll switch to emacs and self-hosting...

preek 9y ago

Did that one year ago and have never been happier with my todo and references setup! Good luck to you^^

bastih 9y ago

Especially with the Android-Apps that support org-mode, this actually isn't too bad of a setup.

sametmax 9y ago

The thing is, for something critical, you should not use a software that doesn't have: - an open source self hostable implementation, even if they offer a paid instance to ease your life. - an open format in which you can get your todos entries - an offline client that will still work even if the online instance closes

cafebabbe 9y ago
Yup, totally agree. Lesson learned!
littlehood 9y ago
I've started using Standard Notes, but it kind of feels like it's still beta.
TeddyDD 9y ago
That's why I use todo.txt TaskWarrior and org mode are interesting as well. I have to look into differences between then.
- danieldk 9y ago
  I have been using org-mode the last few months and I really like it. It easy to get lost in all the possibilities, but it has extremely cool features, for instance: since org is also a markup language, I can just create my slides with Markdown-like markup and export it to e.g. LaTeX beamer. But since any heading can be made a TODO item, I can just mark slides that are not done as TODO and it will show up on my TODO list.
xaedes 9y ago
Sounds like Bullet Journal. Will still work in a hundred years. Heck even the offline client could work thousands of years if properly stored^^ Started to use it because of some HN comment suggested it and I am so happy to started this. The only todo system that really stuck with me over time.

djsumdog 9y ago

Same here. I used Astrid, which Yahoo acqui-killed and I totally missed the memo that Microsoft owned Wunderlist.

cholantesh 9y ago
There's a really nice, feature-complete open source clone of Astrid in the Play store. It's not quite as charming, though.