@punktrock It's difficult to recommend stuff because it's all so personal. I use #AmazingMarvin (probably not a hashtag yet but I will get it started) which finally ended my 15 year odyssey through every app I could find to try, but it's not very good at kanban and is quite expensive!

Maybe if you give us an idea which things you've tried and why you didn't like them?

@punktrock Recently I started using this flexible note-taking app called #Obsidian which has a thriving plugins community. Some of the plugins let you turn Obsidian into a pretty decent task management app which works great for me cause I regularly open my notes app unlike other task management apps ^_^;

Previously I used #AmazingMarvin which while it's a subscription, it is mind-bogglingly customizable, it has so many built-in strategies to try and combine, so it could be worth giving a trial!

... WHAT I LEARNED:
I knew on an intellectual level that paid Google Workspace accounts provide better service across a range of features, not just the exclusive ones, but I'd never considered this as a factor in iCal sync.

This is why syncing directly between #Airtable & #AmazingMarvin via iCal URL led to the same slow results as syncing with the free Google account. Both services just updated when they felt like it, whereas the paid Google account had priority iCal sync all along.

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WHAT FINALLY WORKED (I think):
During all the previous steps, I primarily depended on my free #GoogleCalendar account for syncing because that's my central Google account.

When I authorized #AmazingMarvin to access Gcal, or when I viewed events via the iPhone Calendar widget, I had opted to display calendars via the free Google account.

Today, I re-generated the iCal URL in #Airtable & synced it in both Google accounts.

Lo and behold, the paid account synced IMMEDIATELY.

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This was especially troublesome with #AmazingMarvin because I use the calendar sync to view the unscheduled hours in my day and find gaps where I can tackle to-dos. I have an #ADHD brain, so if something is missing from my calendar, it doesn't exist. I 100% need my calendars to work.

THINGS I TRIED IN MARVIN:
1. Sync Marvin directly w/ iCal. (Airtable > Marvin)
2. Sync Marvin w/ Gcal and display the Airtable calendar. (Airtable > Gcal > Marvin)

Updates still lagged.