The task-first paradigm
AI chats, in particular Claude Code and OpenClaw, have mainstreamed something every shell user already knew: we can use prompts to perform many actions that ...
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Task Matter is now a company!
One of the big decisions when creating a product is when to incorporate. Should you first have users? Revenue? I don’t have an answer to what one “should” do...
Goals we think are beyond our reach
One of my favourite film sequences is from Pulp Fiction. After Vincent accidentally blows Marvin’s head off, Vincent and Jules have to figure out how to clea...
Claude Code is a bit like a cat
Claude Code is infuriating. It is helpful for sure, but it is also infuriating. Debugging complex issues with Claude Code gives you a false sense of safety. ...
That name, Task Matter
Naming is difficult. Ultimately what matters is not the name so much as the brand we build around it. Still, I like Task Matter very much. If you’ve seen the...
Task Matter’s unusual tech stack, an overview
Task Matter has an unusual tech stack. It started less as a careful architecture decision and more as a “let’s try things and have fun” experiment. Then the ...
Task Matter - why? And what for?
There are already countless tools using AI to create plans, manage todo lists and calendars. Think Notion, Todoist, Linear, Trello. You can also use ChatGPT ...
Where Task Matter is coming from
We are defined by what we do, both in relation to others, and in relation to ourselves. A year ago, what I was doing, or more exactly not doing, became a men...
Task Matter preview
If I don’t catch myself, I can babble for hours about what I want to do, imagining and promising the moon. I already wrote 5 draft posts about the origin, th...
Jumping on the band (bland?) wagon
I left my job and am starting a new project. Both my personal and the global environment converge to make this the best time, and likely the best there’ll ev...