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Practical walkthroughs and habits. How to capture, triage, and focus without turning productivity into a second job.
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The complete markdown checkbox reference: exact `- [ ]` and `- [x]` syntax, the space-after-bracket and list-only rules, 2-space nesting, where checkboxes render and where they are clickable, plus a gotchas table for the mistakes that turn tasks back into raw text.
Todoist wins on polish, filters, and integrations. TickTick wins on built-in habits, Pomodoro, and price. A full feature, pricing, and portability breakdown, plus the third option for people who think out loud instead of typing.
Things 3 is beautiful, Apple-only, and sold separately per platform. Six cross-platform alternatives ranked by workflow, from voice-first capture to open source, plus an honest look at who should stay put.
Five markdown todo list templates you can paste into any editor: a daily list, a GTD inbox with projects, a weekly review, a kanban board, and meeting notes with action items, plus the syntax gotchas that silently break checkboxes.
Six GTD apps for Android, ranked for 2026. What actually matters on a phone (widgets, share-sheet capture, offline), which apps are truly free, and where a voice-first PWA beats a native list app.
n8n is great at moving signals from Telegram, Gmail, Slack, webhooks, and agents. It is not where unfinished work should live. This guide shows two paths: send automation output to quik.md, or build your own capture inbox.
Make.com scenarios are useful when they move work into one reviewable inbox. This guide shows the quik.md version and the self-hosted version, so you can choose between using a product and maintaining the stack yourself.
GTD was designed for paper in 2001 and translated poorly to the first generation of task apps. In 2026, AI task managers close the gap. This guide covers the five-step GTD workflow, the digital traps to avoid, and the tools that actually respect the method.
Markdown task management is a workflow, not a tool. This guide covers the syntax conventions, the apps that respect plain text, and the rules that keep a markdown task list from turning into a second-job file.
Inbox zero with AI is a state of mind, not a count. This playbook covers the daily ritual, the confidence thresholds, and the review cadence that keeps the inbox actually calm instead of loud in a different way.
