Building addTaskManager, the best iOS productivity app for ADHD minds
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AIGernon is a lightweight always-on AI agent. Built on the Assess-Decide-Do cognitive framework, it mirrors how humans actually process decisions.
Minimal footprint, maximum flexibility. At just 14,000 lines of code (compared to OpenClaw's 430,000+), AIGernon is designed to be understood, modified, and extended. You can add your own skills, swap cognitive frameworks, or integrate with your existing tools.
Use cases: personal productivity assistant, research companion, coding pair, journaling partner, or a starting point for building your own cognitive-aware agent. Fork it, customize it, make it yours.
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I'm an entrepreneur, iOS developer, digital nomad and writer splitting my time between Europe (Portugal) and Asia (currently Vietnam). I code since 1987 (started on Z80 processors) and got into AI in 2019, before ChatGPT made it cool.
After years of trying every task management system, I built addTaskManager to solve my own chaos.
Previously founded multiple startups, wrote extensively about personal development, financial resilience and meaningful relationships, and discovered that the best systems are the ones that adapt to how we actually think, not how we should think.
When I'm not coding, you'll find me writing about the intersection of technology and mindfulness, or exploring the coffee shops of Saigon.
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