Show HN: Simple TODO with tag based filtering

[willpotato]

A custom app I made quickly to better represent how I work. I have 1 long list of tasks from different projects I can easily see any time. Throughout the day I focus on the different projects by filtering them through tags.

Does anyone else manage multiple projects like me? What do you use to focus on the different projects?

[quickthrower2]

I like Microsoft TODO because you can have lists, due dates and planned date. I can use it as a source of truth across work and home stuff to avoid checking 2 places.

[randomluck040]

That’s what I’m stuck with as well. I wish I could get my due and planned dates into a Google or iCloud calendar but it unfortunately doesn’t work that way. What does not work as well is using Google keep because it’s not as good as TODO.

[willpotato]

I remember todoist has 2 way sync with Google calendar. Have you tried it?

[Leftium]

I like Taskpaper-style tags with values like `@done(2023-05-04)`.

Unfortunately the only good Taskpaper client is on Mac: no decent Windows/web/mobile clients.

Someday, I'll get my PIM built... it will be a cross between TaskPaper, nvAlt, SimpleNote, and Drafts app.

Right now, I mostly use SimpleNote (just for keeping notes across devices; not so much for tasks)

[willpotato]

O, I’ve never heard of TaskPaper. Looks nice!

Why the cross between so many apps?

[Leftium]

Just picking and choosing the best features from my favorite apps:

- TaskPaper tags are nice, but isn't multi-platform.

- I like search+creation UX of nvAlt (explained well on: https://notational.net/), but no decent non-mac clients. Also non-plaintext richtext gets in the way.

- I use SimpleNote because it's multiplatform, but the tags are hard to use. Also somethings like inter-note tags are just a distraction for me (I prefer just being able to type brackets []).

- Drafts probably has the best plaintext editing experience, especially on mobile. Also the actions are very powerful.

My app will combine tasks + notes + bookmarks. I've been making prototypes of subsets of the features, like:

- https://multi-launch.leftium.com/

- https://instant.leftium.com/

- https://todo-taskpaper.leftium.com/

- https://plaintext-press.leftium.com/https://www.dropbox.com/...

- https://github.com/Leftium/todo.html

[tem-tem]

Looks like it was not intended for mobile? Everything looks shrunk on iPhone

[willpotato]

you’re right… I didn’t even consider that OTZ