Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by jessegrosjean on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @12:01PM (#12959845)

https://www.taskpaper.com

Plain-text todo list:

1. To create a project, type a line ending with a colon.

2. To create a task, type a line starting with a dash followed by a space.

3. Everything else is a note.

4. To create a tag, type the @ symbol followed by a name.

5. Tab to indent and create outline structure.

TaskPaper started as few days TextEdit hack in 2006. It's no longer a "tiny" project in terms lines of code. But the original simple idea–plain text todos with 5 formatting rules–remains the core of what TaskPaper is.

I'm very proud of that!

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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by labjerk on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @12:57PM (#12960390)

I use TaskPaper throughout the day, every day. I've tried at least a dozen task-management apps and TaskPaper is the only one that I keep coming back to. It strikes just the right balance between simplicity and customization. I could go on and on, but just know that I, for one, think your pride in the project is justified ten times over!

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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by jessegrosjean on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @01:13PM (#12960563)

Thanks! :)

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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by LeZuse on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @05:29PM (#12962918)

Oh man, I've been a fan of your app for so long! Have you ever considered an official iOS app? I think it's the only thing that keeps me from leaving Apple Notes.

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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by jessegrosjean on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @05:41PM (#12962996)

I did make a TaskPaper iOS app, but then got overstretched and and wasn't able to continue working on it. I did open source the code here:

https://github.com/jessegrosjean/NOTTaskPaperForIOS

I think the most popular app that derives from that code is TaskMator:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/taskmator-taskpaper-client/i...

I might make another iOS app for TaskPaper at some point. But as an individual developer splitting myself across multiple projects and multiple platforms becomes painful pretty quickly.

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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by labjerk on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @01:01AM (#12964869)

iPad app with sync and same sort of keyboard shortcuts would be great (and would pay for handsomely). Clearly a lot of effort and intelligence went into TaskMator, but for me it somehow didn't translate the simplicity of TP to a touchscreen interaction.

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