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Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by DaveWM »

Hey HN! I've just launched my latest side-project, Intention. Intention's an app to help you achieve your goals. The idea is that you create a graph of goals/tasks (intentions), with your high-level goals at the top and actionable tasks at the bottom. That allows you to create a collection of actionable tasks you can work on, and to visualise how they relate to your high-level goals. Any feedback would be much appreciated!

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by timwis »

It’s always amazes me how few of the task management tools out there have the concept of task dependencies (the core feature of this app). I use OmniFocus but even there I had to setup a custom view.

Good luck with the app!

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by DaveWM »

timwis wrote: post #3

It’s always amazes me how few of the task management tools out there have the concept of task dependencies (the core feature of this app). I use OmniFocus but even there I had to setup a custom view. Good luck with the app!

Same here, when I doing the initial research for Intention I found that a lot of people had had the same idea, but nobody had implemented it.

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by jmiskovic »

DaveWM wrote: post #2

Hey HN! I've just launched my latest side-project, Intention. Intention's an app to help you achieve your goals. The idea is that you create a graph of goals/tasks (intentions), with your high-level goals at the top and actionable tasks at the bottom. That allows you to create a collection of actionable tasks you can work on, and to visualise how they relate to your high-level goals. Any feedback would be much apprec…

Congratulations on launch. I was initially interested in idea. I installed the app to try it out, but gave up on registration. I would use it offline and don't like the need for account. You might reconsider it as unnecessary barrier. I also avoid apps with ads.

Also, why call it DAG when it is a tree? It has a root and cannot have more than one path between nodes.

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by DaveWM »

jmiskovic wrote: post #5
DaveWM wrote: post #2

Hey HN! I've just launched my latest side-project, Intention. Intention's an app to help you achieve your goals. The idea is that you create a graph of goals/tasks (intentions), with your high-level goals at the top and actionable tasks at the bottom. That allows you to create a collection of actionable tasks you can work on, and to visualise how they relate to your high-level goals. Any feedback would be much apprec…

Congratulations on launch. I was initially interested in idea. I installed the app to try it out, but gave up on registration. I would use it offline and don't like the need for account. You might reconsider it as unnecessary barrier. I also avoid apps with ads. Also, why call it DAG when it is a tree? It has a root and cannot have more than one path between nodes.

Hey, sorry the sign-up put you off. I am planning to make the app open source at some point, so you'll be able to run it yourself without any user authentication. While the mobile app does have ads, the web app (https://i.ntention.app) is ad-free and has all the same functionality.

Each node can actually have multiple parents, so as I understand it they do form a DAG rather than a tree.

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by pandatigox »

timwis wrote: post #3

It’s always amazes me how few of the task management tools out there have the concept of task dependencies (the core feature of this app). I use OmniFocus but even there I had to setup a custom view. Good luck with the app!

This sounds interesting. What kind of custom perspective did you create?

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by rolltiide »

timwis wrote: post #3

It’s always amazes me how few of the task management tools out there have the concept of task dependencies (the core feature of this app). I use OmniFocus but even there I had to setup a custom view. Good luck with the app!

Agreed! Even mindmaps fail at this when an idea is dependent upon a thought or observation in another branch. You have to add a bunch of notes, experiment with different less intuitive structuring of the idea, or MAYBE buy the premium version of the software!
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