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Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by jorvi »

kareemm wrote: post #37
lelandfe wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$150 is $90 more than getting Things for iOS and macOS. I'm a big Things user, will be curious to see if this is worth the price. Shame that it only nets you 18 months, and seemingly no support guarantee. I'm also curious how limitless bug fixes for older versions is going to work out. "Godspeed will never stop working" feels like a bold claim to make given enough time in "never." I've been using Things for 6 years n…

Agreed re: 18 months. Been using Things for 8-9 years now, tried Sunsama, Todoist, and Amazing Marvin but keep coming back to Things. Godspeed looks interesting enough vs Things to kick the tires b/c: 1. Speed of date picking and moving todos (choosing dates in Things is a mouse operation and I do it multiple times a day. It's 2024 guys, we don't need calendar pickers when we have command palettes) 2. Image support (…

Try TickTick. It’s pretty much Todoist but with a faster developmental pace. The desktop app is also less of a shitty oversized mobile app layout. It is however slightly less refined. And you get stuff like a time tracker (Pomodoro) and habit tracker built in.

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by rednerrus »

karyb wrote: post #129
adamweld wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm surprised no one in this thread has mentioned Workflowy[0]. It is extremely minimal and elegant, does everything that you're looking for (on first glance), and is completely free. Not to be hyperbolic but the interface is ingenious in it's power and simplicity. Give it a shot. [0]: https://workflowy.com/basics/

And https://dynalist.io/ is in a very similar vein

It's hard to beat workflowy in this category. Developer is top notch.

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by onion2k »

booi wrote: post #56
mrinterweb wrote: post #36

This looks great and I appreciate the demo period and the option to buy one-time. Do wish the buy one-time had a longer update length. The subscription looks like the better deal. The $149 / 18 months is $8.28/month. Guess the upside is you get to keep using the app without updates after the 18 months. I have subscription fatigue so I do appreciate the one-time purchase.

Ok but are we overlooking the $150 for a todo app? There are entire suites of software that cost less than $150 to own. Microsoft Office Home, Windows 11, Photoshop Elements 2024, Premiere Elements 2024... I'm just saying I think the buy to own price is an order of magnitude too high relative to other significantly more complicated pieces of software.

Price is a function of value, not cost. In this case the value is in managing your tasks in a way that means they get done. The sheer number of To Do list apps and services should tell you that this is truly a hard problem to solve - managing a task list is trivial, but doing it in a way that drives someone to do their tasks is immensely difficult.

If the app enables you to do that then $150 to actually keep on top of tasks you need to do is an amazing bargain.

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Post by blipmusic »

thornjm wrote: post #187

Not sure if you already have this but something you could steal from the medical world is shortcuts to describe relative dates / time: n+60 (is now + 60m) n-10 (is 10m ago) t+1 (is today + 1d) w+2 (is two weeks from now) m+12 (is 12 months from now)

Wouldn't a "month" risk being many days off the intended target date, since it's a non-fixed timespan? E.g. how many days is "1 month from today" (March 20)? You mention medicine, so I assume there's something obvious I'm missing (then again, perhaps the constantly shifting dates for health care appointments where I live say otherwise ;D).

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Post by pgt »

Consider making an Obsidian[^1] plugin, or writing to Obsidian-compatible Markdown files :)

I use Obsidian + Rollover Todos[^2] plugin with Cmd+Enter set to cycle through checkbox states for todos.

[^1]: https://obsidian.md/

[^2]: https://github.com/lumoe/obsidian-rollover-daily-todos

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Post by deanishe »

adamweld wrote: post #100
kareemm wrote: post #13

Love it. I've been increasingly dissatisfied with Things. Specific things I'm looking for in a Todo manager: 1. iPhone Mac apps and syncing 2. Hotkeys + Speed 3. Shared lists (you don't even mention this until I get into Guides, but I love it) 4. Smart lists 5. Nesting 6. Pasting images 7. Projects + subtasks 8. An inbox 9. Snoozing to the future 10. Focus mode (gets rid of everything else EXCEPT for the current task…

I'm surprised no one in this thread has mentioned Workflowy[0]. It is extremely minimal and elegant, does everything that you're looking for (on first glance), and is completely free. Not to be hyperbolic but the interface is ingenious in it's power and simplicity. Give it a shot. [0]: https://workflowy.com/basics/

> I'm surprised no one in this thread has mentioned Workflowy

It's an online service, isn't it? Not a local application.

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by danielscrubs »

Im paying for TickTick. For me to switch it would need:

1. “today’s commit list” which is different from “today’s list” with a one click way to “commit”. If not done that day I have to commit again.

2. Being able to hide task’s that are not currently doable (because of date interval or a dependent task not done).

3. Date interval for when something can be done is different from deadline date.

4. Share and edit one list with family members, unfortunately they use Android.

Overall I think most task managers miss that the managers are there to help against anxiety. Out of sight out of mind. It took me some time to figure that one out because I don’t notice that I am anxious.

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Post by sgt »

syvl wrote: post #146
sgt wrote: post #14

Can I have it only sync through iCloud? I'm just concerned that I buy the lifetime version and then the Godspeed API disappears after a couple of years.

Unfortunately not. I can understand if that's a dealbreaker for you. There are a few reasons we're not using iCloud: 1. We eventually intend to support other platforms, like Windows and the web. 2. Though they're admittedly rare, we've heard some iCloud horror stories. @DanielDe (OP) lost some files using iCloud Drive, so it's hard for us to trust it. 3. We wanted much tighter control over syncing to provide the part…

Never had an issue with iCloud in at least 5 years, so I believe it is now probably ultra stable.

It is not necessarily a deal breaker, one can always just export/backup regularly.

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Post by speg »

blipmusic wrote: post #204
thornjm wrote: post #187

Not sure if you already have this but something you could steal from the medical world is shortcuts to describe relative dates / time: n+60 (is now + 60m) n-10 (is 10m ago) t+1 (is today + 1d) w+2 (is two weeks from now) m+12 (is 12 months from now)

Wouldn't a "month" risk being many days off the intended target date, since it's a non-fixed timespan? E.g. how many days is "1 month from today" (March 20)? You mention medicine, so I assume there's something obvious I'm missing (then again, perhaps the constantly shifting dates for health care appointments where I live say otherwise ;D).

You just increment the month. March 20 m+1 is April 20.

If the date is invalid, like January 30 m+1 then you fallback to next valid date, February 28/29.

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