I fear my tasks
Details
- External ID
- 49446769
- Source
- HN
- Company
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- Product
- I fear my tasks
- Website domain
- autobirds.com
- Launched
- Aug. 26, 2026
- Cohort
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- Upvotes
- 5
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.12634408602150538
- Tags
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
Description
Task lists are flat. The way I think about my tasks is more like they sit in space. So I made an experiment. My first ever task tool.Tasks are cardboard boxes on the floor of a room, with the title written on them in marker.Click to grab one, drop it on the desk, and its clock starts. Take it off, the clock stops. Time accrues per box forever.No sign-up needed to try it outSign in with Google if you want a room that persists.Open question I keep going back and forth on: should the desk hold exactly one box? Curious what you'd want.
Enrichment
- Theme
- workplace productivity and workflow automation
- Vertical
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- Function
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- Audience
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- AI stance
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- Project type
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- Normalized one-liner
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- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes A playful 3D/2.5D interactive web app using Three.js or simple CSS/Canvas where tasks appear as clickable cardboard box meshes with basic drag-and-drop and timer logic.
Discussion
4 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Uncertain if it will actually improve productivity
Feature requests: Size up big tasks with bracket keys to take more space, Connect fears/reasons to tasks, Finger swipe/spin controls on mobile
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Launched 295 days after the earliest competitor.
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Other launches for this product
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