Show HN: Oh Yah – Routine management app I built for my sons

I still have some nostalgia for Windows Phone. I genuinely liked the platform - even bought an Omnia 7 back in the day, and later a Lumia 1020 (that camera was so good).

I still think the tile based UI was underrated. Live Tiles felt like a smart idea that never quite got the support it needed. It's one of those "what could have been" stories in tech.

Shows a complete lack of understanding of how childrens' skills are developed.

Intelligence is built from various sequences.

1. Path integrations. The ability to test without supervision and coaching movements beyond the scope of eyesight, aided by landmarks, without the use of breadcrumbs or maps.

2. Short-cuts. The ability to use the above to create short-cuts in the unmapped and unsupervised, unaided paths.

3. Vicarious trial-and-error. The ability to learn both from mistakes and idiosyncratic choices that develop unique solutions.

And there are MANY others like this in the motor and cognitive mapping system built from sharp wave ripples.

This software is the equivalent of brainwashing experience into mechanical reproducibility. It's the latests tech horror show.

Task management apps are crutches. If any part of their role is to inspire change in somebody, it's not going to happen. All that you do is make people reliant on them, and everything disappears when the app is no longer around. They're best for reference (day-to-day and team coordination).

The concept of a task management app for children is dystopian. It's treating them like office workers from the beginning, and considering the example given is the typical chess, piano, Chinese lessons, it's just overloading the child for exhaustion.

Parents should be parenting their children. Limiting their exposure to things, including screens and the internet, and disciplining a child to study or work are part of a parents purview. I can't see why people even have children if they delegate all of their parenting responsibilities to screens and software.

My partner has severe ADHD since early childhood and while watching parts of the video I said to myself: That would probably help her a lot. She has big problems priorizing tasks that may depend on each other

Thanks! Glad it resonates. The app is designed specifically for kids with a simplified UX and parent mode, so it might feel too basic for adults. However, the core concepts (ordered tasks, focus timer, photo completion) could work. Worth trying the trial to see if it fits :)