This is tangential to @snelly’s question but OF’s archiving needs a rethink for modern devices/connection speeds.
I’d like to see a) attachments archived independently of task data, b) the archive as a gzip or blob that’s stored in the Omni account and on every device, that can be unpackaged for retrieval whenever needed.
Only having one DB open, but having a file-based archive, is an odd middle between being document-based and sync-based.
I’ve not had issues, and Obsidian sync should handle it, but I’ve not stress tested it in any way. It seems to work fine, and I’m rarely offline on either device.
OmniFocus archiving does need a rethink. Send an email to OmniFocus@omnigroup.com to voice your concerns.
I don’t know if anyone from Omni Group actively scours the MPU Discourse forums.
Things posted here are for discussion. 
Sometimes I post them after contacting Omni and sometimes I wait to see if the community can refine the idea first.
I think you phrased this eloquently, but I’d go even further and say that archiving is completely meaningless and the data load of each task should be small. The only things that should be purged from the disc at all are attachments on completed tasks in completed projects, and even that should probably be manually done by the user.
OF would be a far better application, particularly for their user base of power users, with a more complete historical record of tasks.
I haven’t actually read this thread yet, but just wanted to mention that after seeing the title and clicking in, I was somewhat surprised that it wasn’t originated by @Bmosbacker
If you want more than basic to do lists in your daily notes, look into the Tasks plugin. It’s very popular, with an active dev and a lot of users.
With Obsidian Sync, the syncing happens automatically when you open the app. There’s no extra step you have to do like syncing with git.
Due to the limitations of iOS, it can’t sync in the background, but in my experience it’s typically so fast that it’s a non-issue, and there’s a sync indicator in the right sidebar you can check to make sure. Very rarely it’s seemed to hesitate before syncing completes (i.e., I’ve opened my daily note on my iPhone and don’t see the latest changes from my Mac reflected immediately), but it’s always resolved quickly. I assume it’s due to an internet connection glitch. I’ve found that to also be true of apps like Drafts and Bear that use databases and sync with CloudKit.
You give me far too much credit! 
I switched from OmniFocus to the Obsidian Tasks plugin, and it meets my relatively straightforward needs handily. It even has start dates, which I absolutely cannot do without and which was one of the reasons I’d clung to OF for so long. Anything I did in OF can be easily replicated in Obsidian with the Tasks plugin and can be tailored to my particular needs. I’ve set up a Daily Note template that pulls ready-to-start, due, in-process, and overdue tasks from the notes where I’ve put them and lists them in checklists categorized the way I want them right at the top.
Same here. I found with OmniFocus I was managing my task manager more than managing my tasks. I’ve found that there is such a thing of an application being too flexible. Sure there are some downsides to the rigidness of Things, but it actually helps me just get things done.
Second to none in time blocking with calendar integration, imho. And of course there is the gazillion of features and strategies that you can try, it has everything…I think it beats OmniFocus in possibilities.
The main issue with it is that, well, for such a beast the UI is necessarily complicated and this is aggravated due to its web-app foundations. If only there was a native, albeit less extensible, version…
I’ve spoken to people about this with various task managers) and it’s either come down to procrastination (which wouldn’t be unique to any particular system) or over engineering by the person. It’s not a fault with Omnifocus or any other task manager.
Just remembered this:
It can? That would definitely bring me back to using it!
Yes, if you have sections set up you can activate the column view via the three-dot-menu option:
„Show as columns“ should be the English equivalent
Especially on a wide screen display like iPad or Mac I find it pretty convenient to use in Kanban style
Oh wow. Thank you so much for pointing this! I’ve been waiting for Kanban-style implementation in one of my task managers forever. Reminders used to be toooo simple for my needs, but the improvements are significant. Dropping Things right this minute!
. I tend to be surprised pretty often as well as Reminders really seems to tick many boxes - I had several situations where I was looking for features around other apps only to find that Reminders had this build-in already 
I have duly added “Ponder My Mortality” to my to-do list as a repeating item. I’ve time-blocked it in for 3:00 AM.
In my experience using Obsidian Sync (my only concession to cloud stuff) it’s basically instantaneous. I’ve got some notes in a shared vault and we are living dangerously by doing the very thing the Obsidian says to be cautious of, 2 of us editing the same file simultaneously. We can practically see each other typing and as long as we aren’t in the exact same area so far no problems.
Can you share that shortcut? Sounds really useful.
