I built a task system to handle the drudgery so I could focus on tasks

About I built a task system to handle the drudgery so I could focus on tasks

Say or type what's on your mind and watch it become the three things that matter — no signup, ~30 seconds.

In the maker’s words

I'm a software engineer from the east coast (who has lived in Boston, NY, the bay area, UK, France), and I built a task system called 3 & Done. It's the place you trust to store everything you need to do. It accepts voice input for rapid entry, as well as text (it stores the audio locally so you can listen to jog your memory) and emails you every morning with the three most important things for you to do that day, and why, based on what you've said about the task: deadlines, urgency, sitting too long. I've been at software engineering for about 44 years now... Grew up with it, which was unusual when I started, and I was always good about getting into the zone and doing things. The career started small, small company, then back office, the dot com startups, then smaller companies again after the bust, a non-profit, and eventually YouTube (Google at the time, but just barely) and Meta (jus…

Where people found it

• Hacker NewsShow HN: I built a task system to handle the drudgery so I could focus on tasks61 points55 comments6 days ago
• Hacker NewsShow HN: I kept abandoning task systems, so I built one that picks three a day1 points0 comments7 days ago