# 20 years of Getting Things Done

DevFeed: [20 years of Getting Things Done](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/20-years-of-getting-things-done-27730.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2025/11/20-years-of-getting-things-done/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2025-11-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backups.md>), [health checks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/health-checks.md>), [Disaster Recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/disaster-recovery.md>)

Tags: [2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2.md>), [advice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advice.md>), [backup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backup.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [getting-things-done](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/getting-things-done.md>), [gtd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gtd.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [learnings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learnings.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recovery.md>), [time-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time-management.md>), [workshop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workshop.md>)

## AI overview

A reflection on 20 years of using Getting Things Done, including how external systems shaped the author's work as a system administrator and DevOps engineer. It describes replacing manual backup checks with failure notifications and introducing monitoring and health checks to move operations from reactive to proactive.

## Source excerpt

Reflections and practical tips from 20 years using Getting Things Done, plus a short workshop plan for leaders who want actionable routines.