I don’t keep a TODO list anymore

Not because there’s less to do. But because the unit of work isn’t a task waiting in line. It’s a thread already in motion.

Before PromptQL, work was a queue. Notice something, add it to a list, file a ticket, wait, lose context, re-explain, wait again. Every step came with delay and drift.

Now I don’t stack things for later. I start them immediately.

This isn’t multitasking. It’s a different operating model. Last Tuesday I had 14 threads going in parallel: 5 bug fixes, 2 feature development, 1 dashboard refresh, 1 root cause investigation, 3 analytics queries, 2 content creation.

Think of something → kick off a thread.

A workshop ends. Who signed up? Query it. Names, emails, projects, activity, minutes later. Someone missing? Keep going. Send them personalized followup. Emails sent.

While that runs, I spot a bug. I type: "What gives?" It investigates. I type: "Fix it." It writes code, opens a PR, I test the preview, it finds a reviewer. Merged.

Wiki issue. New thread. Bring in the right person. Updated.
Another bug. New thread. Fix it. Merged.

That’s just one slice of a day.

I don't speak in polished prompts. Real messages from my threads: "Nice. Now run it every 6 hours?" "On working hours, refresh this every hour." "Fix it." That's it. It doesn’t need to be pretty. Just fast and information-dense.

Because work lives in threads, it keeps moving without me. I have analyses running every hour. A thread pings me when a new signup matches a pattern. PRs get opened, reviewed, and merged while I'm asleep. I'm not managing tasks, I'm steering systems and bringing in the right people. Just no more waiting.

"Nothing sits in line. Is it 10x productivity? Maybe. But I know I just have 100s of threads from last month that would have been 100s of tickets, 100s of context switches, 100s of delays." Threads start, context accumulates, momentum builds.

That’s why I say I live in PromptQL. It’s not a tool on the side. It’s where work happens.