Show HN: Slate, a to-do list shaped like your week, not an endless backlog

A developer has launched Slate, a task planner that combines calendar and to-do list features by placing tasks on the day they are planned, with a separate backlog for unscheduled items. The app offers drag-and-drop sync across devices via AppSync/DynamoDB and requires no sign-up for basic use, though advanced AI features require registration. The creator built Slate to address the shortcomings of traditional calendars and to-do lists, which either force fake time commitments or accumulate endless tasks.

Slate is a task planner that sits between a calendar and a to-do list. Tasks go on the day you actually plan to do them, no fake time blocks required, and anything not ready for a specific day yet sits in a separate backlog instead of cluttering the week. Easy to try: no sign-up wall to poke around though more advanced AI features would not be accessible I made this because I never trusted either extreme. A calendar makes you fake commit to a time slot... A to-do list takes anything with no judgment about what belongs this week, so it just grows forever. Some of the harder parts to get right: 1- Sync + drag&drop: Drag and drop needed to feel instant, but everything also syncs live across devices through AppSync/DynamoDB with optimistic concurrency: Getting those two to not fight each other a drag mid-flight racing a subscription echoing your own write back at you took a few rewrites... crazy how those simple things can be so hard to get right. 2- UI: keeping the UI minimalist and nice on mobile after building this first for desktop. I'm still down in the mine adding features nobody asked for voice-to-task, add-task-through-whatsapp,... : please come be my first users so I have a reason to climb out, stop building and start talking to people instead Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003042 Points: 1 Comments: 0