I am not a fan of Emacs whatsoever (I find it a buggy mess where everything works only 80%), but org mode is absolutely fantastic for this.
One of the most absurd comments I’ve seen here in a long time.
I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
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Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#12I just use Google Keep Note as my todo app.
You don't need anything complex than that.
I call my notes as DeathNotes where tasks go to die i.e. finish.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#13I've always liked https://www.taskpaper.com/
It's one step up from a single txt file. You only need to use one text file with it. It's like a nice UI for a single todo text file.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#14I use Todoist in a very light weight fashion. I add tasks and they sit on my screen until they're done, basically identical to a text file. I've never used the points, projects, labels, etc.
It does one thing a text file struggles at: scheduling recurring tasks and adding notes to a recurring task. I have annual reminders for infrequent, but important stuff. For example, I have a recurring annual task to review my insurance. Each year, I add context and details that are easily forgotten. Then, when the reminder comes up next year, I can refresh my memory and complete the task quickly.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#15I use a TODO.md within Obsidian, synced across devices with SyncThing. That's the sweet spot
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#16I have a "never-ending .txt file" too. About 4100 pages' worth, at the moment, across 25 volumes and counting, over the span of now nearly eight years.
I don't intend particularly to advocate the format here, but I will say that of all my many bookshelves, in a certain way there's none I find more satisfying than the one I work to fill myself. Is that worth more than being able to use grep(1) on their contents? Or are those contents worth more to me because I can't? Who could say, but it's fun to think about, at least. (And for those young enough to be easily swayed by vanity, if you think performative reading is in fashion right now...)
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#17I built a simple app a while ago to learn programming and it works for me
https://Simpletaskmanager.vercel.app
All the info is locally hosted.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#18Amazing. It doesn't surprise me that the most simple workflows are the ones that work best. Probably because there is not a lot of resistance (keyboard shortcut instead of searching through a list of apps / no tutorial on how to use it; it's just a text file / it's easily readable and you get to choose the formatting and structure of your text).
As a developer, however, I have to scratch the itch of always having "wrangleable" data, and yet again text files are the best at it. I am already thinking of doing this and just follow a set of writing "guidelines" so I can parse the txt if I wanted to do some visualization stuff.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#19Use a single .txt file for a todo list and set up a cron job to do a git commit on it every 5 min. This way you have some history if needed.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#20Org-mode is life changing, check it out.