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Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by ToJans »

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…

I would suggest having a sensible DAG example in your flows on your homepage. Right now, you are not showing off your USP.

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by dksidana »

DaveWM wrote: post #4
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.

To me, task management can be represented as tree and thats what most popular tools have it as well

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by DaveWM »

cormacrelf wrote: post #19

What about when my tasks are cyclic? 1. can’t get up because haven’t eaten and too hungry 2. can’t cook because can’t get up 3. can’t eat because can’t cook Didn’t think of that did ya buddy! Day 2 of quarantine is going very well.

Haha, I did actually - the app just doesn't let you create cycles :). I don't want to be held legally responsible if someone gets stuck in an infinite loop.

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by DaveWM »

splitbrain wrote: post #10

Signing in with Google fails in the app: 403. That’s an error. Error: disallowed_useragent Google can’t sign you in safely inside this app. You can use Google sign-in by visiting this app’s website in a browser like Safari or Chrome.

I've looked into it, it appears to be because Google is blocking oauth requests from webview apps. Sorry about that, I'd recommend either using the web app (https://i.ntention.app) or using a different provider to sign in.

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by tejtm »

zeckalpha wrote: post #16
stewbrew wrote: post #14

A DAG isn't a tree. It's acyclical wrt the direction of the edges. Since this basically is an outliner, the name (or title of the submission) is misleading.

I’m not seeing how DAGs are distinct from forests (sets of trees) or outlines. They seem topologically equivalent.

dags are trees that can share non-root nodes

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by DaveWM »

AbuAssar wrote: post #9

Do you plan for an ios release anytime soon?

I'm not sorry. The Android app is basically just a webview, and Apple's app store policies forbid webview apps unfortunately. I just don't have the expertise or time to write an IOS app, and even if I did it wouldn't be worth it for me financially.

The good news is that the web app, https://i.ntention.app, has all the same features of the Android app. If Apple ever properly support PWAs, it'll behave very similarly to an app.

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by DaveWM »

seanhunter wrote: post #18
wolfgang42 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DAGs can have things that would form cycles if they weren't directed, like diamond shapes.

Which this can also have. One concrete action could contribute to two intermediate goals which in turn could both contribute to one parent high-level goal (giving a diamond).

That's exactly right. Each intention can have multiple parents, which I believe makes the topology a DAG. The only constraints are that you must have exactly 1 root node, each node must have at least 1 parent (apart from the root node), and that you can't have cycles.

Re: Show HN: Intention – DAG Todo App

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Post by DaveWM »

Mattwmaster58 wrote: post #12
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…

Not gonna lie, having an Android screenshot inside of an iPhone on the landing a page really threw me off.

Haha sorry about that, I didn't think anyone would notice tbh ;). I'll update it to an android phone.
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