Projects drift
Nothing gets cancelled.
A project disappears for three weeks without ever being formally abandoned.
Not another task list
Your project does not need another place to hide.
It needs a promise someone will ask about. Periodic accountability for solo builders, freelancers, and side-projects that keep losing their witness.
5-7 minutes. No launch pitch at the end.
Pactum's pact
Pre-beta promise
No fake productivity theater.
Before beta, we ask about the real work that keeps slipping. No feature pitch. No dashboard maze.
Last week
One pre-beta page. One survey. No product spoilers.
Kept
You know the work matters. That is not the problem.
The problem is the gap between "I should work on this" and "someone will ask me what happened."
Tasks multiply
The list gets louder.
The list grows. The next real move stays blurry.
No one asks
Self-directed work slips.
Client deadlines survive. Your own serious work does not always get the same contour.
A small ritual, not a giant system.
The public language is intentionally simple: choose the work, keep it visible, come back with an answer.
Make the promise visible.
Choose the work that should still matter when the period ends.
Keep it visible.
Return to the promise when the work starts to blur.
Report back.
Close the period with a real answer: what moved, what did not, what is next.
What kind of work keeps slipping?
The pre-beta page does not route visitors into separate segment pages. The survey captures this context without revealing the product mechanics.
Full-time indie
Building your own product full-time
For solo founders with too many active bets and no manager asking what shipped.
Covered in survey
After work
Shipping after your day job
For the product you still care about after 19:00, when the workday already spent you.
Covered in survey
Independent work
Client deadlines hold. Your own work slips.
For freelancers and consultants whose self-directed projects need a return point.
Covered in survey
External structure
Need structure outside your head
For solo workers who start better when the rhythm is visible and someone will ask.
Covered in survey
Pre-beta research
Help shape Pactum before beta.
If there is a project you keep promising yourself you will return to, the survey is built around that exact gap.
Pactum is still pre-beta. The survey helps decide what should be built first and who should be invited early.