Lots of Markdown enthusiasts in the thread... if you want to sync your markdown tasks to Reminders.app please pay me some money for the privilege: https://turquoisehexagon.co.uk/remindersync
or just vibe your own solution :)
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or just vibe your own solution :)
It’s sandboxed; can’t make network connections and can only read the directory you select. I’m surprised Apple haven’t added OS level functionality to block network connections / folder access for non sandboxed apps, similar to running an un-notarised binary.
TestFlight link, good for 10 users: https://testflight.apple.com/join/9VREtXzq
I’ve never even considered publishing apps for other platforms as my gut tells me juice wouldn’t be worth the squeeze. Or to put it another way, I would prefer customers who already proved they have deep(er) pockets and are price insensitive.
Does anyone actually believe this is the case? I use LLMs to ‘write’ code every day, but it’s not the case for me; my job is just as difficult and other duties expand to fill the space left by Claude. Am I just bad at using the tools? Or stupid? Probably both but c’est la vie.
Initially I released it for obsidian: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39764919 but realised it works with just markdown so I rebranded the app, added some new features and increased prices.
https://turquoisehexagon.co.uk/remindersync/
The latest version supports dataview tasks format and multiple reminder lists with Routing Rules.
I think the product is pretty much feature complete now so I’ll probably start doing some marketing and move onto coding something new. Sales until now have all been organic.
I built it for myself after I began using Obsidian for day to day note making. A simple idea: get reminders for tasks you create in Obsidian. People seem to like it.
previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39764919
Currently working on supporting dataview tasks format and multiple reminder lists.
The app supports any markdown backed notes app, but I fear I may have limited its appeal by including Obsidian in the app name.
Edit: previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39764919
You should have experience in swift and swiftui, and preferably have worked on MacOS applications.
contact: {username}@turquoisehexagon.co.uk
- if the app is running on your MacBook the reminder is added as a task to your vault as soon as iCloud syncs it to your Mac calendar
- if the app is not running, next time it runs the Task will be added to your vault
- syncing of vault tasks to reminders (once every six hours)
- completion of vault tasks in reminders (immediately when the app is running)
- creation of tasks from reminders (also immediate while running)
- manual syncing whenever you want (click a button to sync vault tasks to reminders if you don’t want to wait for the automatic sync)
If you purchase, you get access to the following nice to have features:
- faster sync intervals (I.e. your vault is checked automatically for new tasks up to every minute)
- deletion sync: if you delete a Reminder the associated Task is deleted from the vault (immediately)
- descriptions for Reminders: the reminder description includes the note name from Obsidian; soon this will also include any child elements of the task.
- ability to only sync tasks with a due date
Like I said the free version should still be useful for most people. Once installed there is also a description of premium features on the purchase screen.
I’ll add these to the App Store description; thanks for the feedback!
I designed the App to be running all the time on my MacBook as that is where I use Obsidian; during my usage I have observed syncing working with my machine plugged in and display closed. This should be possible to test yourself with the free 6 hour sync interval.
For the issue you mentioned, by any chance did you select an existing list or create a new empty list? If selecting an existing reminder list completed Reminders will be synced to the inbox. It was an untested flow, but I think it’s correct as the program ensures the list state is synced to the vault state. I believe the setup wizard recommends creating a new list, I will add a note that completed reminders will be added to your vault if you select an existing list.
Version 1.1.0 just shipped that allows you to specify a Global Filter; only Tasks containing the filter will be synced if that's what you're after? Or would you like to exclude notes from being included based on properties at the beginning of the document?
- Deleting a Reminder that has been synced to Obisidian deletes the Task from Obsidian (if enabled in the settings menu)
- Completing a synced task in Obsidian will complete the Reminder (on the next sync)
- Completing a synced Reminder will complete the Task in Obsidian (immediately if the app is running)
- Creating a Reminder in the synced list creates a task in a note called "Reminder Sync Inbox.md"
- Editing a Task in Obsidian and syncing deletes the previously associated Reminder and creates a new one (effectively updating the text in Reminders.app)
The only known limitation (so far) is:
- Editing a synced Reminder description in Reminders.app does not update the text of the Task in Obsidian: This is hard to solve as the original Task may contain embedded links (which are stripped to just the link text for the Reminder description). Syncing those edits back to Markdown is a difficult problem that I haven't bothered focused on yet as I feel it may not be solvable.
In case of a conflict, the state in Obsidian always wins :)
HN submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39764919