diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a4cf112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export TODO_FILE=$PWD/TODO
+
+todo.sh ls || :
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eed286f7..db747110 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 xcuserdata
 damus/TestingPrivate.swift
 .DS_Store
+TODO.bak
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..333a8bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+(A) unblock crashing
+delete boost
+delete like
+(B) boost confirmation