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How to dump your plate without cleaning it
One messy paragraph beats a perfect database.
Structured forms make bad thinking. You start editing the task to match the schema instead of saying what's actually blocked.
WAH's capture is the opposite: one textarea, one messy paragraph — “Launch next week. Waiting on legal, still need customer feedback, fix the billing bug before Friday.” No tags. No estimate.
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How to dump
In /app/onboarding, write 1–3 sentences exactly as you think them. Include what you're waiting on — WAH pulls apart control vs blocked.
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What happens next
parseCapture() splits on commas/“and”/lines, caps at six, assigns minutes/why via small hints. You get Do this next with Why this? — not a tag cloud.
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Where to correct
If the extraction is off, rewrite the sentence — don't re-tag the list. The next move updates and Why this? tells you what changed.
Product: Capture is thinking, not data entry. The demo is /app/onboarding — try the launch paragraph and press Continue.