Wren
Productivity
task management
SHOW HN2024
121points
40comments
#712of 3,515 in 2024
Top 21%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Telegram integration is a standout feature
From 2 comments
Fabulous. Thanks for taking the time to document it with a clear video. Have so many interfaces raises my confidence in being able to add and access tasks rapidly and from…
ukuina on HNGreat job shipping this! The telegram interface is a nice touch. Can you expand more on your frustrations were with something like Todoist (my personal fav) for meeting your…
jonnyparris on HN
Plain-text file-per-task design is clever
From 2 comments
Seems like there's a lot of criticism in the comments about this not being "simple". When "simple" is used to describe an app, it can either mean "easy to use" or "minimal…
dansalvato on HNThank you! It's been a long time since I tried Task warrior, so I might be quite off. Two main things come to mind: I realized that most task management apps offered many…
yoavm on HN
Objections
Not simple enough to use for most people
From 3 comments
This doesn't look simple at all
hanniabu on HNMaybe for a dev that makes sense, but horrible ux for anybody else
hanniabu on HNCongrats on shipping your idea and even having a polished README. I'd contest the "ridiculously simple" though. I fully understand how task management seems to be such a personal…
dewey on HN
Name collides with Wren programming language and others
From 3 comments
For a moment I thought it was about wren programming language... [1] [1] https://wren.io/
stefanos82 on HNThere is another project with several thousands of stars called Wren. It is a scripting language. Maybe a name change should be considered.
germandiago on HNThere is also a bird called wren that is very popular. A name change may be in order so that people don't confuse this project with the actual bird:…
toastercat on HN
Cron syntax in filenames is awkward
From 1 comment
Looks pretty interesting! I've been trying to use taskwarrior and taskwarrior-tui recently, but might give this a try too. One complaint I have so far is putting the cron-style…
johntash on HN
Requests
Signal integration
From 1 comment
I might say "lightweight" instead of simple. Read the op's comment and also some of the other criticism and think maybe that's a better word. I would say that I've never used…
skeptrune on HN
Reminders before scheduled tasks
From 1 comment
if u want to complicate it :) > Tasks starting with a YYYY-MM-DD will not appear in the list of tasks before their time arrived it might be useful to have a way to be warned…
svilen_dobrev on HN
Extensions as separate modules or drop-in files
From 1 comment
Seems like there's a lot of criticism in the comments about this not being "simple". When "simple" is used to describe an app, it can either mean "easy to use" or "minimal…
dansalvato on HN
Questions
How to take notes without a computer
From 1 comment
How do you take notes when computer is not available? Do you just VPN home and connect to the http endpoint, or...
kova12 on HN
Is there JSON output from the CLI
From 1 comment
This is fantastic, the 3 different interfaces make a lot of sense, and having a cli makes it a breeze to plug other stuff in! I'll give this a try soon! Is there json output for…
karpour on HN
Alternatives named
Todoist
From 1 comment
Great job shipping this! The telegram interface is a nice touch. Can you expand more on your frustrations were with something like Todoist (my personal fav) for meeting your…
jonnyparris on HN
Taskwarrior
From 1 comment
Great job! Last year I switched from Todoist to task warrior and taskwarrior-tui. I am looking into TaskNote to extend the notes ability. What would you say is your…
freetanga on HN
Apple Notes
From 1 comment
Congrats on shipping your idea and even having a polished README. I'd contest the "ridiculously simple" though. I fully understand how task management seems to be such a personal…
dewey on HN
Jira
From 1 comment
Incredible how complicated people can make a simple list or relations structure. It feels like a complicated data exchange system, way beyond the task of "task management". How…
high_priest on HN