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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by barbazoo on Monday August 11, 2025 @12:40PM (#44866296)
And might even be fun to implement and maintain.
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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by benreesman on Monday August 11, 2025 @12:49PM (#44866440)
I think we have a winner. This sort of personal toolsmithing is fun, and you can try out some new programming language or whatever.

We all love a good excuse to build something small-to-medium sized for our own perfect "tailor fit" preferences.

All the excuses about other tools not being adequate are just what we need to say to ourselves to justify the time ;)

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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by jama211 on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:35PM (#44868514)
This starts to sound like something someone might waste time building instead of actually being productive…
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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by barbazoo on Monday August 11, 2025 @04:56PM (#44869374)
In terms of earning money, but surely that's not what's it's all about, is it?
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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by jack_pp on Monday August 11, 2025 @05:44PM (#44869821)
in terms of actually building something useful
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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by mewpmewp2 on Monday August 11, 2025 @06:18PM (#44870105)
Does everything you build must be useful? What if it's just really fun?
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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by walt_grata on Monday August 11, 2025 @10:19PM (#44871615)
Define useful and who it has to be useful to? If building it helps me improve my craft, let's me decompress and have so fun. That's useful
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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by MrGilbert on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:10AM (#44873283)
If the tool brings you (you, as in: the one building it) joy and gives you a chance to let your mind float, then yes, it is useful. Just not for others. And that's fine.
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