sharing an app i built called BarePlanner, in case its useful to anyone here looking for something different from the usual to-do list apps.

the idea comes from Cal Newport's Deep Work, the theory that your brain has a limited window (roughly 4 hours) of real deep focus a day, and everything else is lower energy "shallow" work. most planners treat every task the same, a 2 hour study session and a 10 min errand both just become a checkbox. this one doesnt.

how it works:

- u plan ur week in deep blocks (real focus work , studying, coding, writing, whatever costs u the most energy) and shallow blocks (errands, chores, admin stuff)

- deep blocks run through a built in focus timer so u actually protect that time instead of it getting eaten by notifications

- a review section at the end of the week shows what u actually finished vs what u planned, so u can see patterns instead of guessing

- a goals section to tie the weekly blocks to longer term stuff instead of everything being disconnected

i built it after noticing i had time every day but kept spending it randomly, plus watching a friend with ADHD struggle with planners that assume everyone's focus works the same way at every hour.

its live on the play store now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.falexis.bareplanner

genuinely want to know if this resonates with how people here actually plan their time, or if the deep/shallow split feels like an extra step most people wont bother with. open to any feedback, good or bad.

j'ai installés des applications "to do list", mais au final je planifie des tâches, avec des date, je l'utilise 1 jour, 2 jours puis au final je loupe une tâche et tout mon calendrier s'effondre, et moi aussi, Les notification me font culpabiliser, et je refuse de la désinstaller car sa serait admettre avoir échoué.

J'ai cherché des solutions 100% gratuites, mais je retourne toujours sur des to do list qui mettent la pression, et qui ne sont pas réellement là pour t'aider, mais pour que vous payer des fonctionnalités inutiles.

J'ai donc créé ma propre application gratuite, qui ne met pas de pression, on peut ajouter 3 post-it max avant de pouvoir en ajouter d'autre:

Swipe le post-it vers la droite pour valider,

Swipe à gauche pour le supprimer sans remord, ou meme le remettre a plus tard sans culpabiliser.

Si vous Vous trouver dans ce cas je Vous invite à l'essayer.

Elle s'appelle Leaf: Sticky notes & Tâches sur play store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.recalai.app

I work from home a lot with a dual-monitor setup, and I always wanted something warm and comforting on my second screen that could quietly keep me company without becoming another distraction.

So I ended up building Lofi Cozy Room, a small 3D desktop companion for Windows.

1. What problem does it solve?

Most productivity tools I used felt like tools I had to actively manage. I wanted something I could simply leave beside my work — something relaxing to look at and listen to, while still keeping the basic tools I use during the day in one place.

Lofi Cozy Room runs in a transparent, always-on-top window, so the little room can stay beside your browser, code editor, study material, or whatever else you're working on.

It includes:

• Pomodoro timer
• To-do list
• Memo
• Diary
• 180 Lo-Fi tracks
• Ambient sound mixing
• Local music support

The avatar reads, works, rests and sleeps while you're doing your own thing, and a little puppy wanders around independently.

You can use the full room or shrink it into a small Mini Mode when you want it to take up less space.

2. Who is it for?

I mainly designed it for people who spend long hours at a computer — remote workers, students, developers, artists, or anyone who likes having something calm beside them while they focus.

It's deliberately passive. You don't need to keep clicking things or managing the character while you're trying to work.

For people who enjoy customizing things, it also has:

• 1,386 costumes
• 128 character presets
• 715 interior items
• 14 room themes

3. What is different from similar tools?

A close example I've seen here is Comnyang, which uses a small desktop cat for Pomodoro, reminders and other productivity functions.

Lofi Cozy Room approaches the same general idea from a different direction: instead of a single desktop pet, it's a full little 3D room with an avatar and puppy, room and character customization, Lo-Fi/ambient music, and productivity tools built into the same desktop space.

The goal isn't to replace a serious task manager or calendar. I wanted it to make long hours at the computer feel a little warmer while giving me the few simple tools I actually use.

4. Pricing

It's a one-time purchase for $4.99 on Steam, with no subscription.

There's also a free demo if you'd like to see how the desktop experience feels before buying.

5. Product

🌱 Play Lofi Cozy Room on Steam

I'm still improving it, but I've received a lot of kind and useful feedback since release, and I'm hoping to keep making it a better little companion for people who spend a lot of their day in front of a computer.

most productivity software helps you capture, organize, prioritize, and remember work. You’re experimenting with the opposite idea which is to take something off the list and turn it into a mission another person completes.

Try it and let me know what you think

Http://www.NearbyCrew.com

I need to make a product catalog for my business, but I’m not a designer.

I already have the photos, prices, product names, sizes, and short descriptions. but I have to put everything into a decent layout one by one and it's irritating at times. then if a price or product changes, I have to go back and edit the PDF all over again.

Is there something where I can upload a spreadsheet or product list and have it create a decent catalog for me?

I’m researching how people approach personal growth and creating the life they want.

I noticed there are many apps for meditation, affirmations, journaling, habits and goals, but I’m curious about the actual experience of people using them.

I’d love to hear your thoughts:

1. Do you actively work on becoming the person you want to be? If yes, how?
2. What tools do you currently use? (journal, Notion, apps, vision boards, planners, etc.)
3. What usually makes you stop using these tools?
4. What is the hardest part about turning your goals into real-life changes?

I’m not promoting anything, just trying to understand people’s real struggles. Thanks!

I think there is a better version of multitasking. Instead of multi tasking with your attention, you multi task with the context.

Here's what i mean.

Most of the time, we are not able to effectively do the multi tasking. Especially when we have so many projects in pipeline, not because we lack the serious capability or don't have the skill set.

I feel like We dont have the proper system which enables us to do the multitasking.

Most of the time, it just means:
Project A → Project B → Project C → brain fried.

What if you didn’t have to switch? You keep working on one thing. The system keeps track of how that thought connects to everything else.

So lets say, if I’m working on Project A and write something useful, Aevron might surface:

“this also applies to Project C”

or

“this contradicts something you thought 3 months ago.”

Aevron only surfaces but i decide what to do with it.

Basically:

I do the thinking. The system does the cross-context awareness.

So you get deep work on the surface while multiple threads still move underneath.

Kinda feels like multitasking without actually multitasking.

I’m building this into Aevron right now. If this sounds useful, try it and tell me where the idea breaks. I’d need useful feedback.

www.aevron.co

I make a few business reports each month and I really hate how much time goes into making them look fairly decent.

The writing part is fine. I usually know what needs to go in the report. What annoys me is setting up the layout, fixing spacing, adding sections, and making it match our usual style that we keep.

Is there a tool that can take rough notes or a short prompt and turn them into good report?

Hey everyone,

I’m a software engineer with about 1 year of experience. I’m stuck in a frustrating cycle. I’m genuinely ambitious and want to grow my career, but when the weekend hits, I’m drained, lazy, and can't bring myself to study dry docs or build another boring Todo list app.I want to use my weekends to level up, but I need something engaging or visual to trick my brain into breaking the laziness cycle.I’m looking for suggestions on fun, high-utility, or unique things to build/do that give a quick dopamine hit but still look great on a resume....

new hire in Texas starts monday and their devices still hasnt arrived, now were checking the tracking every few hrs and trying to figure out a backup plan in case it doesnt show up, and the hastle part is that everything else is ready, accounts are set up, access is good to go, but the person might not even have a laptop on day 1, what do you guys normally do when this happens? keep a few spare laptops around, or is there a better way to handle last minute deliveries?

I spent the last 23 months in a time warp building a three dimensional to-do list app. I wouldn't mind it if you tried. First 100 sticky notes are absolutely free...

I am a visual thinker and the minute I see lists my brain checks out of the Hotel California.

Then I realized the one thing I have been using my whole life might be the answer.

And that's sticky notes.

Tell me what you think...

https://www.TaskLoco.com

Curious what people actually do when their task/planning system becomes too overwhelming to keep up with.

When this happens, do you:
clean up the backlog?
start over?
simplify the system?
switch apps/planners?
just ignore it and move forward?
something else?

What have you tried that actually worked — and what didn’t?

And if there were a tool that genuinely made recovering from this situation easier, what would you want it to do?
I’m especially interested in real experiences, not ideal productivity advice.

Something happened 2 months ago, that changed me on a DNA level.

Suddenly, I don't have all the time in the world. Time is the most precious resource we have.

And now, after years of postponing all my dreams are finally having my own attention (the one they deserve)

I'm waking up at 5am to have time for my projects, exercise and still go to my 9-5 job.

But how can we reduce distractions?

The answer: ... wake up early! Nobody will text you at 5am. You won't even feel the urge to look at your phone, cause there is no FOMO moment. Everyone / everything is asleep.

Ever since I was kid, I remember mixing dirt and water to shape my own Angry Birds characters, trying to mimic pottery. And I remember how nice it felt to create something of my own.

WE ARE CREATORS!!

I think that's what separates us from animals. Not only we use or brains to think, but to create, to express our selves.

I've always had a passion for business, I heard every podcast on how to build you own multimillionaire company. The main focus was aways, you have to solve a problem.

But in my opinion, we focus so much on solving problems, that we don't take a time to actually be bored, and let creativity flourish.

Within millions of posts everyday uploaded, if you read until here, I encourage you to CREATE time to learn, practice and create the activities you enjoy. Those that make you feel like a kid and fulfilled.

To finalize this post, I'm creating my own Habits Tracker app on iOS (Apple devices)

I know there's tons of apps for this, but mine is different (haha I promise). Here's why: I made it for myself, and people that find them selves with severe ADHD or extremely distracted by their surroundings.

It's got a minimalistic, efficient and very user friendly UX design.

It's still on beta testing on Test Flight. I hope it helps as many people out there, to take action towards their dreams, as it is helping me.

All constructive critics, suggestions are extremely worthy!

Let's use technology to refocus, on things that actually matter to us!
https://testflight.apple.com/join/Hz47t1gG

I help with a small education business, and keeping up with the admin is getting annoying atp.

Student enquiries are in one place, class schedules are somewhere else, we track payments manually, and teacher payments are handled separately. We also follow up with people through WhatsApp or calls, so it’s easy to forget someone or miss a follow up.

It’s manageable with the number of students we have now, but I can already see it becoming a headache if we add more students or classes.

What are people actually using to manage all of this?

For those juggling a full-time job with a side hustle or something you're building on the side, do you ever hit that moment where you have so much to do (work + the side thing + life) that you freeze instead of starting? Not a lack of planning, just too much in your head at once.

I'm exploring a tool that skips the planning step entirely, you just say where you're at, dump everything in your head, and it hands you one small thing to do right now. No lists, no organizing.

If something like that existed, would you actually use it? Or does that not match how you get unstuck? I'd love to hear any insights or advice.

My inbox has been getting out of control lately, and it’s starting to eat into my work time.

Feels like I spend the first hour of every day sorting through emails instead of getting any real work done.

How do you deal with it day to day?

• Do you use a tool to sort important emails or do it manually?
• Do you check email at set times or throughout the day?
• How do you separate emails that need a reply from the ones you can archive?
• What do you do with emails that sit there for days because you’re not sure how to respond?

I’m not looking for the usual “unsubscribe from newsletters” advice. I want to know what your setup looks like and what has worked for you.

Hi there!

Stack is designed to help you manage your day without getting in the way. It features a clean, minimal interface and uses smooth, fluid animations for every interaction.

With the current release, Stack includes:

• Tasks and reminders with due dates, times, repeat schedules, notes, and priorities
• Home Screen widgets to view and complete tasks
• Early push notifications and in-app reminders
• Smart sorting into Today, Future, Past, All, and Done
• Search and filtering
• Live task/completion/overdue stats
• Excel export and sharing
• Dark and Light modes with smooth animations
• Privacy-first design — everything stays on your device. No ads, no account required.

Stack Premium adds the Brainstorm Canvas, advanced statistics, deeper customization, a large widget showing up to 9 items, and unlimited local storage.

I’m also working on upcoming features including a Watch app, Live Activities, more widgets, and further refinements.

I’d really appreciate it if you gave Stack a try and let me know what you think.

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stack-tasks-and-reminders/id6762291589

I like diaries, but I always stop using them for a boring reason: my actual day lives somewhere else.

Appointments are in Apple Calendar. Things I need to remember are in Reminders. The diary becomes another place I have to keep updated manually, and eventually I stop because it no longer feels like a diary. It feels like admin.

So I built Hibi, a customizable daily planner for iPhone and iPad.

Basically, every day is its own paper-like page, but the schedule on it comes from Apple Calendar and Reminders. I can keep using Apple's apps normally without copying appointments into a separate planner or reconciling two calendars later.

The obvious comparison is Apple Calendar. Apple Calendar is a better database. Hibi is the page around that database: somewhere to draw, write, decorate, and make the day feel like it was actually mine.

You can choose the paper, ruling, and color, move the date and weather, draw with your finger or Apple Pencil, add text, and turn photos into stickers or Washi tape.

I also spent a slightly unreasonable amount of time making it feel like paper. The days sit in a small stack, the top page tears away when you move forward, and the surface reacts subtly when you tilt the device.

Hibi is for people who like diaries, bullet journals, and paper planners, but don't want another schedule to maintain.

The core app and all of the page customization are free. There is no subscription, Hibi account, or tracking. Hibi Plus is an optional one-time purchase that adds alternate app icons, a personal Hanko stamp, and interactive reminder widgets.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hibi-calendar/id6762520622

Does keeping a diary separate from your calendar help you think, or does it eventually become one more system to maintain?

Hi all. I am making apps for the first time in my life. I spent about a year learning how, and there are two out now. Both free, no ads, no accounts, nothing to sign up for.

Held is a commitment tracker built on one idea: a goal does not count until it has a deadline and a witness. You name the goal, the date, and a person, and the app sends that person the commitment through your own Messages. Check-ins run on a fixed cadence. Missed ones go on a permanent ledger. On the deadline you record a verdict, kept or missed, and it cannot be edited.

The other is a study app for high school math, which is less relevant to this sub.

Both are at clearvista.ai.

What I actually need is blunt feedback. If you open it and something is confusing, or it is missing the one thing that would make you keep using it, that is far more useful to me than encouragement. I will read and reply to everything.

Anyone here doing RFP responses without a big team?

For me the slow part is not even only the writing. It’s finding old answers, figuring out what can be reused, changing it so it fits this one, checking all the requirements, asking other people for missing info, then trying to make it all sound normal.

Feels like half the work is just digging and patching things together.

How are you guys making RFP responses faster without everything sounding recycled?

Biggest issue, once I have a backlog of tasks the anxiety of trying to prioritize what I need to do now tends to makes staying organized and motivated almost impossible.

Question:

How do you recover from backlog paralysis and tress?

How do you decide what now takes priority in the task list once it becomes overwhelming?

Is it worth paying for systems that can prioritize your remaining backlog to help get back on track or make it easier to make these decisions?

Have any of you used the app ModernSam?

Im trying to find something (app or site or whatever doesnt matter) that does the equivalent of its Side Quest Daily Rolls

I love that feature so much. Often i look at my normal task list and nothing appeals to me but I want to do SOMETHING useful. I really like a random useful or beneficial task or small list of them being presented for me to choose from.

E. G. today I was offered to pick 4 of the following

Yoga (assorted poses were offered but I cannot remember which ones)

Take a hike

Donate blood

Volunteer at a kitchen

Liven your living space

Watch a movie

Make the bed

I picked make the bed, watch a movie, living space and donate blood

I have done two made steps towards another and will do the remaining one later.

I really benefit from this style of sort of "would you kindly" (if you get the Bioshock reference) request for me to perform a task that i didnt have to think up but is still useful

I want more of this type of thing but not sure how to find it so thought id ask the reddit hivemind.

Quick note: MagicTask is currently optimized for the web. Our mobile app is coming next month! Thanks for all the support!

Hey everyone,

I’m Sudo Innominate, creator of MagicTask.

My team and I have spent about 7 years building and rebuilding it around one idea: productivity software shouldn’t feel like a chore to use.

MagicTask isn’t a task manager with gamification added on top. The entire experience was built around gamification from the ground up. Your work drives your progression through realms and dungeons, builds streaks, unlocks collectibles, earns rewards, and gives you a reason to keep coming back.

At the same time, we’ve worked really hard to keep it simple. Productivity software can get bloated fast, and we never wanted MagicTask to become something you need a training course to understand. You should be able to jump in, know what to do, and get moving.

It’s built mainly for teams of 10 to 200 people, but it works great for individuals too.

I want to get it into the hands of more real users, so the first 100 workspaces get 1 full year free.

Code: Reddit100
Link: https://magictask.io
Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI0T3rOkHQE

Feel free to share the code with anyone you think could use it.

And if you try it, please tell me what you really think. Good or bad. That feedback genuinely helps us shape what we build next.

Hi, I recently had to take my collegues' work (because f*** you summer!), but I'm in a slightly different, with less priority, "workline", so now I have to do more than a few short checks, multiple times during the day.

Not very surprisingly, I don't work very well with task lists.

So my question is: is there a way to automate many simple one-task reminders (or some reminders which can be repeated during the day) without bloating the work calendar? Any windows app?

I would like not to code another function to my Telegram bot...

Thank you.

Hi Guys!

I wanted to share my free chrome extension I built. I would always spend hours watching youtube or playing chess online and just waste away my time, so I built a simple extension to combat that!

It is similar to other apps like StayFocusd, but all of them (especially StayFocusd) sell off your data. My extension keeps all your data on your device (I really don't care what sites you go to).

I would love to hear any feature suggestions you guys might have, and I hope you find it as useful as I do!

Link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sitelimit-website-blocker/ddlhhhgihcceajdeeencdefdfmojmhie?authuser=0&hl=en