Most hackers I know are chronically optimistic planners (both micro and macro), and at the same time, they (we) despise the authority of having someone "help" them with planning their own workload. So I'm taking a stab at solving this problem for myself, with a technical means to prevent me from blundering on with a bad plan. Long time lurker, first MVP post to HN, apologies for any faux pas I'm committing!