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I just keep it simple. I have very simple todo lists and work on them as I feel like it. A few ruby scripts help a bit automatically cleaning them up, keeping

I just keep it simple. I have very simple todo lists and work on them as I feel like it. A few ruby scripts help a bit automatically cleaning them up, keeping track of their status and what not - but at the end of the day they are just text files really. I would not want to make this more complicated than that. My brain kind of is the real decider what is the main priority.

item007 8mo ago
That’s a nice setup — plain text + a few scripts is hard to beat. Totally agree the final decider is the human. The question I’m validating is: would it help if the system could surface “inputs you didn’t think to search for” at the moment you’re deciding what to do next, without making the workflow heavier? For example: you open your todo.txt, and it quietly shows a small “related context” sidebar like: * “You bookmarked X related to this task 2 months ago” * “This old note mentions the same constraint” * “You already solved something similar in file Y” No auto-writing, no new system, just better recall. If that existed as an optional, local-only command, would you ever use it? Or would even that feel like unwanted complexity? (Details in my HN profile/bio if you’re curious what I’m exploring.)