With a million open, unsaved Notepad instances.
Lately I've been using Workflowy however and it's actually managed to minimize my Notepad-spam.
Ask HN: How do you keep track of your to-dos? longer-term projects?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your to-dos? longer-term projects?
#32At the moment, I use Todoist as a front end and have a bunch of automations that run via the API.
Seconded. Could you elaborate on the automations?
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your to-dos? longer-term projects?
#33I’ve used a bunch of different tools (even built my own), but have settled in on notion due to its flexibility.
What I’ve finally come to understand is that the tool doesn’t matter all that much. More important is making a habit of using it.
I’ve recently read it takes on average 66 days to form a habit (much longer than the traditional 21 days I had always heard). If you can stick to your daily productivity tactics until it forms a habit, you’ll be in a good place.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your to-dos? longer-term projects?
#34Personal and work ToDo's - Todoist (I like how I can add tags to things, e.g. #CHAT, #RESEARCH, #BUY, etc).
Larger work projects - Separate Todoist folder with a ToDo for each item (e.g. "Increase modal by X pixels")
Jira tickets - Obsidian.md (I create a page for an in-progress ticket and add personal notes, Q's to ask about (I include the answers), etc.)
Simple things - White board on my wall
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your to-dos? longer-term projects?
#35TeX, Calendar file, scratch wiki
TeX for everything; it's basically `duck-talking` with snippets of code. One TeX doc per project.
Calendar file with reminders to do stuff in the future, ie. delegate to your future self.
Todos in a scratch wiki page, so notes can be scribbled from any device.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your to-dos? longer-term projects?
#36I have projects running from 2015 and I ended up using Trello.
I tried with a paper notebook but it's harder to prioritize and organize things on paper.
Now I only use paper to resolve problems
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of your to-dos? longer-term projects?
#37I had loads of Trello boards but since they limited the free version, I found Wekan which you import Trello boards into, and self host.