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Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Re: Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Post by minimalismhuh »

st1x7 wrote: post #6

- For knowledge-base organisation - Obsidian. It's a nice program and it works with markdown files with some nice features like a graph view and support for LaTeX equations. I don't need to access these notes on my phone/tablet. - Anything else i.e. shorter form notes that I want to sync across devices and which don't require fancy formatting or organisation - Apple Notes. Perfectly happy with both of these for their…

Oh someone mentioned Obsidian way earlier than me?

Nice!

IMHO: Using Obsidian with the PARA system and the Johnny File System makes a lot of things neat. :) You can use the JFS also for your files and folders.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Post by BjoernKW »

runjake wrote: post #4

Bear Notes is almost there at 99%. Good: - Elegant - Fast - Excellent sync - Excellent export abilities - Excellent markup and code markup support - Good automation possibilities (iOS Shortcuts, x-callback-url, AppleScript) Bad: - iOS/macOS only. There's a web version in the works, but I would not count on that ever seeing the light of day. https://bear.app/

I'd use it if its sync capabilities weren't iCloud-only.

From a business and development point of view I totally get why they opted for iCloud: It allows them to focus on their core business and delegate the supporting domain of data synchronisation to someone else.

Unfortunately, since for my own business I'm using Google Workspace and Google Drive that's not really an option for me.

Bear rightfully claim that they're GDPR-compliant. However, they're kind of just delegating that issue, too, since Apple, in contrast to Google, doesn't provide a GDPR-compliant data processing agreement to business customers. It's debatable if such an agreement is really necessary in this case but as with all things GDPR it's better to tread carefully.

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