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Task Prioritizer: one decision at a time
A build log for a small tool born from prioritization overload: compare two tasks and decide what matters more right now.
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The build in brief
- Task Prioritizer started with a real prioritization problem at home, not a plan to make another productivity app.
- When there are many tasks, comparing two at a time can be easier than trying to rank everything at once.
- The tool asks which of two tasks matters more, turns those choices into an ordered list, and lets that list move into the LLM-supported workflow used to keep track of it.
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The problem was too many tasks at once
My wife has trouble prioritizing when there are many tasks competing for attention, and she asked for help. Looking at a whole list and deciding its complete order was the hard part.
Comparing two tasks was different. Which one is more important? Which one can she do? That is a smaller, more answerable decision. Task Prioritizer was built around that move rather than another scoring formula.
A small tool for a smaller question
The tool turns a pile of tasks into an ordered list by presenting two choices at a time. It does not promise to know what someone should do. It just gives the person a way to express the priorities they can see in the moment.
That constraint is the point. The useful thing was not a complicated productivity system; it was reducing one overwhelming question into a sequence of manageable ones.
The organized list has to keep moving
Getting a list into order is only part of the job. My wife uses an LLM to help keep track of the list once it has been organized, so Task Prioritizer includes import and export rather than treating its result as a dead end.
That keeps the tool focused on the decision it is good at—sorting a crowded list—while fitting into the process she already uses to maintain it.
What this is for
Task Prioritizer is a browser tool for getting unstuck when the list is bigger than the available executive function. It is free to use and deliberately narrow.