Hey Reddit 👋,

I wanted to share a bit about some side projects I’ve been working on lately. Quick background for context: I’m the CEO of a mid-to-large-scale eCommerce company pulling in €10M+ annually in net turnover. We even built our own internal tracking software that’s now a SaaS (in early review stages on Shopify), competing with platforms like Lifetimely and TrueROAS.

But! That’s not really the point of this post — there’s another journey I’ve been on that I’m super excited to share (and maybe get your feedback on!).

AI Transformed My Role (and My Ideas List)

I’m not a developer by trade — never properly learned how to code, and to be honest, I don’t intend to. But, I’ve always been the kind of guy who jots down ideas in a notes app and dreams about execution. My dev team calls me their “4th developer” (they’re a team of three) because I have solid theoretical knowledge and can kinda read code.

And then AI happened. 🛠️

It basically turned my random ideas app into an MVP generation machine. I thought it’d be fun to share one of the apps I’m especially proud of. I am also planning to build this in public and therefore I am planning to post my progress on X and every project will have /stats page where live stats of the app will be available.

Tackling My Task Management Problem 🚀

I’ve sucked at task management for YEARS, I still do! I’ve tried literally everything — Sheets, Todoist, Asana, ClickUp, Notion — you name it. I’d start… and then quit after a few weeks - always.

What I struggle with the most is delegating tasks. As a CEO, I delegate a ton, and it’s super hard to track everything I’ve handed off to the team. Take this example: A few days ago, I emailed an employee about checking potential collaboration opportunities with a courier company. Just one of 10s of tasks like this I delegate daily.

Suddenly, I thought: “Wouldn’t it be AMAZING if just typing out this email automatically created a task for me to track?” 💡

So… I jumped in. With the power of AI and a few intense days of work, I built a task manager that does just that. But of course, I couldn’t stop there.

Research & Leveling It Up 📈

I looked at similar tools like TickTick and Todoist, scraped their G2 reviews (totally legally, promise! 😅), and ran them through AI for a deep SWOT analysis. I wanted to understand what their users liked/didn’t like and what gaps my app could fill.

Some of the features people said they were missing didn’t align with the vision for my app (keeping it simple and personal), but I found some gold nuggets:

• Integration with calendars (Google)
• Reminders
• Customizable UX (themes)

So, I started implementing what made sense and am keeping others on the roadmap for the future.

And I’ve even built for that to, it still doesn’t have a name, however the point is you select on how many reviews of a specific app you want to make a SWOT analysis on and it will do it for you. Example for Todoist in comments. But more on that, some other time, maybe other post ...

Key Features So Far:

Here’s what’s live right now:

✅ Email to Task: Add an email as to, cc, or bcc — and it automatically creates a task with context, due dates, labels, etc.

✅ WhatsApp Reminders: Get nudged to handle your tasks via WhatsApp.

✅ WhatsApp to Task: Send a message like /task buy groceries — bam, it’s added with full context etc..

✅ Chrome Extension (work-in-progress): Highlight text on any page, right-click, and send it straight to your task list.

Next Steps: Build WITH the Community 👥

Right now, the app is 100% free while still in the early stages. But hey, API calls and server costs aren’t cheap, so pricing is something I’ll figure out with you as we grow. For now, my goal is to hit 100 users and iterate from there. My first pricing idea is, without monthly subscription, I don’t want to charge someone for something he didn’t use. So I am planning on charging "per task", what do you think?

Here’s what I have planned:

📍 End of Year Goal: 100 users (starting from… 1 🥲).

💸 Revenue Roadmap: When we establish pricing, we’ll talk about that.

🛠️ Milestones:

• Post on Product Hunt when we hit 100 users.
• Clean up my self-written spaghetti code (hire a pro dev for review 🙃).
• Hire a part-time dev once we hit MRR that can cover its costs.

You can check how are we doing on thisisatask.me/stats

Other Side Projects I’m Working On:

Because… what’s life without taking on too much, right? 😂 Full list of things I’m building:

1. Internal HRM: Not public, tried and tested in-house.
2. Android TV App: Syncs with HRM to post announcements to office TVs (streamlined and simple).
3. Stats Tracker App: Connects to our internal software and gives me real-time company insights.
4. Review Analyzer: Scrapes SaaS reviews (e.g., G2) and runs deep analysis via AI. This was originally for my Shopify SaaS but is quickly turning into something standalone. Coming soon!
5. Mobile app game: secret for now.

Let’s Build This Together!

Would love it if you guys checked out thisisatask.me and gave it a spin! Still super early, super raw, but I’m pumped to hear your thoughts.

Also, what’s a must-have task manager feature for you? Anything that frustrates you with current tools? I want to keep evolving this in public, so your feedback is gold. 🌟

Let me know, Reddit! Are you with me? 🙌