Building My Own Task Manager Instead of Waiting for Things 4

Over the years, I’ve tried my share of task managers. OmniFocus, Things 3, Apple Reminders, to name the main ones. Each had its place.OmniFocus was powerful, but ultimately too complex for the way I work. Apple Reminders remained my tool for personal tasks. Things 3, on the other hand, became the task manager I used for my digital creative hobbies. It struck a balance that worked well for me: structured, elegant, and not overly demanding.But there was always a lingering concern in the background. The software industry keeps moving toward subscription pricing, and I strongly suspect that if Cultured Code ever releases a major new version, likely Things 4, it will be subscription-based.I don’t want that.That concern, combined with something else, is what led me to build my own task manager. Over the last six months, I’ve accumulated enough vibe-coding experience to start looking for a project that would be both useful and meaningful. Reimagining Things 3 as a web app tailored to my own…