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New comment by amix in "Bitmapist: We built an open-source cohorts analytics tool that saved millions"

amix — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:04:34 +0000

Thank you! Starting with the Redis server is a solid choice. However, if you're aiming to support a large user base or handle many events (like billions), I highly recommend considering the setup of bitmapist-server, our Go server. You can find it here: https://github.com/Doist/bitmapist-server — it will do a 400x+ reduction in memory used.

Bitmapist: We built an open-source cohorts analytics tool that saved millions

amix — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:33:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.doist.dev/bitmapist/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44733983

Points: 56

# Comments: 3

New comment by amix in "Shopify is acquiring the Threads team"

amix — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 03:47:05 +0000

If you are looking for an alternative that’s even more async than Threads, check out https://twist.com/

We (Doist) have been developing it since 2015.

New comment by amix in "Halist macOS AI: ChatGPT on the Desktop"

amix — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:02:11 +0000

It was the most easiest to do I might add other sign up/login options later.

Halist macOS AI: ChatGPT on the Desktop

amix — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:08:36 +0000

Article URL: https://halist.ai/mac

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35028279

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

Why Lego Won

amix — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:26:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSdJBKhDmNo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34901232

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Halist Browser AI: An extension that brings GPT-3 to the browser

amix — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:09:00 +0000

Article URL: https://halist.ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34610587

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Can Remote Teams Be Innovative?

amix — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 01:27:09 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.doist.com/remote-work-innovation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25923149

Points: 30

# Comments: 1

New comment by amix in "Ask HN: What are some good resources to learn business administration/finance?"

amix — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:29:15 +0000

William Ackman: Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour https://youtu.be/WEDIj9JBTC8 — An excellent crash course for the most critical concepts.

Architecting an Intuitive and Powerful Offline Experience in Notejoy

amix — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 02:11:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sachinrekhi.com/architecting-an-intuitive-and-powerful-offline-experience-in-notejoy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23570323

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Complete Guide to Mastery

amix — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:12:49 +0000

Article URL: https://doist.com/blog/mastery/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21700992

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

The benefits of a more asynchronous workplace

amix — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:15:40 +0000

Article URL: https://doist.com/blog/asynchronous-communication/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21268162

Points: 543

# Comments: 263

New comment by amix in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

amix — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 06:09:59 +0000

I am unsure what drag and drop you are referring to, but Todoist should have full support for this. E.g., you can drag a file and add it as a task on both our Mac and Windows apps.

New comment by amix in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

amix — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 06:07:40 +0000

Hmm, these are some serious issues, and they should not be common at all. I hope you have reported them to our support team (support@todoist.com).

New comment by amix in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

amix — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 06:03:57 +0000

I hope this gets improved in the October release. If not, please feel free to reach out over email (it’s in my HN profile).

New comment by amix in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

amix — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 05:54:31 +0000

Todoist is fully hackable via our API https://developer.todoist.com/sync/v8/, and your data isn’t locked in.

The self-hosted solution isn’t an excellent option for a todo list as integrations, plugins, and apps are critical. E.g., we actively maintain over ten apps and plugins and integrate with 100s of others (e.g., Zapier).

New comment by amix in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

amix — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:58:22 +0000

When I develop, which unfortunately isn’t very often now, I usually try to split a project/task into smaller manageable chunks. This makes it easier for me to estimate and track work and feel like I am doing progress when I check things off. You can see an example here https://twitter.com/amix3k/status/1138363500147937281?s=21

New comment by amix in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

amix — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 20:04:10 +0000

Most of the company are working on Todoist, and we have a big update coming in October. For the past two years, we have worked on an initiative called Todoist Foundations, which is redoing and rethinking some of the design and tech debt we had (e.g., the web app has been rewritten to use React and Redux).

I understand the frustration, but it was critical for us to spend time on improving the core.

New comment by amix in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

amix — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 19:48:07 +0000

There are 2 unofficial and open source Linux clients:

- http://todoistlinux.hakimouake.com/

- https://github.com/KryDos/todoist-linux

There are also various command line clients, e.g.: https://github.com/sachaos/todoist

New comment by amix in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

amix — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 19:39:20 +0000

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/