Show HN: Mindless Execution – Work like a JavaScript engine and get things done

by alexjv89 • 10 years ago

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esessoms2• 10 years ago

This is nice work! I've already downloaded it and started using it. The workflow is absolutely perfect, and is exactly what I have always wanted in a task manager. It fits with my mental model of how I try to keep track of tasks while coding, and may, possibly, prove to be an improvement over pen and paper.

One concern I have is there doesn't seem to be any sort of persistence. I can argue that this is actually a feature: if you don't know what you need to be working on when you sit down at the keyboard, you have bigger problems. (I may be influenced by Jeff Atwood in this respect.) In practice, however, it might prove useful to carry over unfinished tasks from one session to the next. Maybe a simple persistence scheme like that used by TiddlyWiki would be enough to get the job done?

Also finished tasks disappear. It would be nice to be able to review and figure out where the day went. But that way lies feature creep.

But, anyway, those issues are minor compared to finally getting workflow right (for me, YMMV). I'm really excited.

Thanks for sharing this!

alexjv895• 10 years ago

Thanks. This is achievement level unlocked for me :) A comment on one of my HN submission !

Regarding the persistence problem. That is weird. The app uses local storage in the browser to persist the tasks and make it available in the next session. If you close the tab/app and open it again, you should still have all the tasks. This might be a bug. Can you share more details such as the browser you use etc?

Review completed tasks - thinking about this one. Might include this in the road map. So far what I noticed is that the maybe the tasks that are completed are not that very important to see again. Maybe simple statistics on tasks completed per day per thread would be awesome.

esessoms2• 10 years ago

Yes, you are right about local storage. I just had my browser locked down too tightly.

But, yes, looking forward to really using it at work this week. I hope to have more useful/constructive feedback for you after that.

detaro• 10 years ago

You should put it on GitHub pages or something, so people can try it without downloading (or did I just miss the link?)

alexjv895• 10 years ago

No idea why I did not think of that.. sure why not.. Will put it up and share the link

alexjv895• 10 years ago

Created a github page - http://alexjv89.github.io/mindless/ . You can try out the app there before downloading.

alexjv895• 10 years ago

The app can be tried out here - http://alexjv89.github.io/mindless/ before downloading. It is recommended to download and run on localhost so that internet issues dont slow you down !

Show HN: Mindless Execution – Work like a JavaScript engine and get things done

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