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This, I write auto updating todo list cli tools for specialized tasks because I always lose focus when trying to reprioritize todo items, etc...

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Don't spend too much time on your tools. A carpenter doesn't spend hours obsessing over screwdrivers. Reprioritizing todo items is not for people with ADHD, like most of other productivity hacks.

You need to write stuff down, use it as a guidelines to stay on track (hardest part), and tick it off. Everything else is waste of time that masquerades as "productivity hacks."

The goal is to outsource your list of things to do because you have a fallible memory, but the biggest goal is doing something that drives your life forward. Don't get stuck looking for the new productivity fad or rewriting your todo cli.

I spend a good amount of time on my tooling (too much? not sure), because fairly small amounts of friction can distract me for quite a while (long compilation, having to copy over files - it's especially bad when the step requires attention). Have it happen often enough and productivity approaches 0.

That's also my experience

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