Integrating Messaging Queues into GTD: Best Practices and Tools

[samuelethan]

Hello everyone.

I'm exploring how messaging queues can enhance my Getting Things Done (GTD) system, particularly for automating task processing and ensuring reliable communication between tools.

For instance, integrating a message queue could allow tasks from various sources to be queued and processed asynchronously, improving efficiency. However, I'm concerned about the complexity of setting up and maintaining such systems.

Has anyone successfully implemented messaging queues within their GTD framework? What tools or services have you used, and how have they impacted your workflow?

I'm interested in understanding the practical benefits and potential challenges of incorporating messaging queues into a GTD system.

 

[samuelethan]

Hello everyone.

I'm exploring how messaging queues can enhance my Getting Things Done (GTD) system, particularly for automating task processing and ensuring reliable communication between tools.

For instance, integrating a message queue could allow tasks from various sources to be queued and processed asynchronously, improving efficiency. However, I'm concerned about the complexity of setting up and maintaining such systems.

Has anyone successfully implemented messaging queues within their GTD framework? What tools or services have you used, and how have they impacted your workflow with RabbitMQ support partner?

I'm interested in understanding the practical benefits and potential challenges of incorporating messaging queues into a GTD system.

thanks in advance for any help

 

[Lucas W.]

I don’t have direct experience with it, but my general view is that it’s better to adapt your way of working to the core principles of GTD, rather than trying to bend GTD to fit your own style.

 

[mcogilvie]

Hello everyone.

I'm exploring how messaging queues can enhance my Getting Things Done (GTD) system, particularly for automating task processing and ensuring reliable communication between tools.

For instance, integrating a message queue could allow tasks from various sources to be queued and processed asynchronously, improving efficiency. However, I'm concerned about the complexity of setting up and maintaining such systems.

Isn’t that what GTD lists are? They are queues of tasks from various sources. Also, I think people often spend too much time of efficiency rather than other criteria such as effectiveness and joy. Premature optimization is usually a mistake in coding, and that’s likely true generally.

Has anyone successfully implemented messaging queues within their GTD framework? What tools or services have you used, and how have they impacted your workflow?

I'm interested in understanding the practical benefits and potential challenges of incorporating messaging queues into a GTD system.

There was an interesting review of the AI productivity features of the new Google Pixel phone which I thought was very interesting. My feeling after reading the article is that I’m unlikely to create something much better than smart people working full-time. I don’t spend valuable time, and I’m free to not use new features if they aren’t helpful.

 

[Roger]

I'm interested in understanding the practical benefits and potential challenges of incorporating messaging queues into a GTD system.

I haven't done a thorough analysis or anything, but I suspect that the main architectural concern in something like this is going to be a robust implementation of the orchestrator pattern. Once you've got that, you can kind of use any old thing as a message queue.

I feel inclined to start there mostly based on how unconcerned a lot of messaging patterns (sub/pub, observer, etc) are about whether anyone receives a message at all, or when they get around to doing so.