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climech / grit

grit

Multitree-based personal task manager

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Multitree-based personal task manager

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Observed mentions: 2021-04-02 16:54:57 UTC to 2026-09-14 14:34:39 UTC.

0122021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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It's lame, but a todo list app: jatabag.com It's tailored toward implementing a web version of the original cli app and whitepaper "grit" https://github.com/climech/grit So basically it creates a DAG and each task node can receive some annotated data (traits) about whether the task is actionable or not. I've been using it daily for a year or so. Slight bummer that I feel I released it 5 years overdue, though, and it's doomed to drown in noise.
In Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
Any todo list that doesn't account for dependency tasks is exclusively limited to short term planning (i.e. days not weeks). After skimming the spec, I don't think dependency tasks are accounted for? For example, say this is my (out of order) to-do list: - [ ] Mix ingredients - [ ] Eat cake - [ ] Bake a cake - [ ] Find cake pan These tasks need to be done in a specific order, but reading the list top to bottom doesn't make sense. So let's denote dependencies with indentation: - [ ] Eat cake - [ ] Bake a cake - [ ] Find cake pan - [ ] Mix ingredients By specifying order through indentation, we've now created a DAG that orders and contextualizes tasks; with the most actionable tasks having the largest indentation. This is how I organize my plaintext to-do files, but afaict no todo list software is able to handle large task tree
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s gracefully- with the exception of grit, which is more of an experiment (but the readme is incredibly well written and describes the DAG problem to a tee). https://github.com/climech/grit Does anyone know if org-mode handles complex task trees gracefully? All the examples I've found online were trivial (i.e. one task deep)
In Show HN: A plain-text file format for todos and check lists

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