A global pandemic that affected everyone's lives also started at the same time.

Awesome! I had guessed correctly that this would be the big announcement today :)

I think it is a great idea and it will be exciting to see what comes out of it.

I actually built the exact same app [1] in React. It took me longer than minutes but definitely less than months. I am interested in seeing the follow up videos for more complex applications.

(My feature set does not include storing on a server. It purposefully only stores on local storage. It also does not allow rearranging the lists or items - which again was a design decision. It does allow you to delete lists which Alexander's app doesn't.)

[1] https://easylists.app