Grit
Productivity
task manager
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
5 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever multitree structure for tasks
From 3 comments
TiddlyWiki uses a similar data model for table of contents by default and I love it! I think the multitree constraint is a good idea over a general DAG.
slaymaker1907 on HNLooks and works fantastically. Great job!
rochak on HNOh, so you can only crosslink from different root nodes. That makes sense. There are so many ways to structure todos. In this case, it appears to be using subtasks specifically…
tunesmith on HN
Alternative to expensive Workflowy
From 1 comment
Workflowy is good but it's really expensive for what it does, I'm glad we have grit as an alternative.
xavierlint on HN
Objections
Name is confusingly similar to git
From 1 comment
I really like trying out tools that allow me to organize and track tasks, as they help me keep focused and more motivated if I know where I am, what I have done and what I need…
loloquwowndueo on HN
No sync across devices yet
From 2 comments
I really like trying out tools that allow me to organize and track tasks, as they help me keep focused and more motivated if I know where I am, what I have done and what I need…
loloquwowndueo on HNThis looks pretty interesting! How is the data stored? Would it be difficult to sync among different machines?
fluidcruft on HN
Failed to build on Linux due to absolute import path in Makefile
From 1 comment
Wow a very cool idea. The idea of many root nodes for different views seems interesting. Unfortunatly it does not build on my pc, it seems to import an absolute path in the go…
Flockster on HN
Requests
Sync across devices
From 4 comments
I've seen similar task management that syncs to CalDav: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.dmfs.tasks/ Is this something you're thinking about adding?
encryptluks2 on HNI’m going to play with this as well since I’m learning about the whole tasks/notes space. Do you have plans to support any form of sync? Like CalDAV or some API on top of which…
vbsteven on HNThis looks pretty interesting! How is the data stored? Would it be difficult to sync among different machines?
fluidcruft on HNSome sort of UUID for task identifiers so that you can beam them around without collisions.
smitty1e on HN
GUI version
From 1 comment
I would kill for a GUI app like Workflowy with multitrees. I really do need a graphical representation in order to best visualize what's going on.
r-w on HN
Storage in git or a sync-friendly backend
From 2 comments
git. The right storage backend is either git, or a git-like Merkle tree. This is small data. Individual files for objects are fine. Compacting is better, but not critical. You…
woofie11 on HNI guess I'd be okay with a Merkle tree stored in SQLite, although looking over the Fossil documentation, it seems like the developers didn't get git, and what made the git data…
woofie11 on HN
Questions
Difference between a DAG and a multitree
From 2 comments
What's the difference between a dag and a multitree? The wikipedia article was confusing - it seems that it prevents diamond shapes? Like where 1 leads to both 2 and 3, and where…
tunesmith on HNPrecisely; a multi-tree has a unique path between two nodes. On the same note, I wonder what is the relation between dags/multitrees and semilattices. They seem to be very…
ssivark on HN
How ordering of tasks works
From 1 comment
How do you handle ordering? I noticed: ``` $ grit add -p 5 Bread (5) -> (6) $ grit add -p 5 Milk (5) -> (7) $ grit add -p 5 Eggs (5) -> (8) ``` led to: ``` ├──[ ] Get groceries…
kbd on HN
Alternatives named
Workflowy
From 1 comment
Looks like a CLI version of Workflowy (https://workflowy.com) to me.
JensRantil on HN
Taskwarrior
From 1 comment
I just started migrating to taskwarrior which great due to the many clients. Actually its integration with vimwiki via the taskwiki plugin [1] is quite powerfull allowing…
riedel on HN
TiddlyWiki
From 1 comment
TiddlyWiki uses a similar data model for table of contents by default and I love it! I think the multitree constraint is a good idea over a general DAG.
slaymaker1907 on HN