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Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#101

Post by jcynix »

techsupporter wrote: post #69
alecrosa wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! What specifically? It’s not intended for very sensitive data. Much prefer the note/blog use case.

> It’s not intended for very sensitive data. I hope you don't take this as a criticism, just feedback, because your product looks quite nice and if I weren't such a worry-wart, I'd probably subscribe. My issue with all notetaking applications is that all of my notes are "very sensitive data" to me. I treat my notes repository like a combination diary, scratchpad (where I plop things like temporary passwords and API k…

> My issue with all notetaking applications is that all of my notes are "very sensitive data" to me. I treat my notes repository like a combination diary, scratchpad [...]

Same here. I'm currently using Joplin (https://joplinapp.org/) for note taking, which syncs my notes via WebDAV to a server under my control. Supports markdown, but if I want to publish certain notes, I have to manually transfer them to the website.

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

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Post by alecrosa »

moneywoes wrote: post #97

Can you talk a little about how you built it?

I put most feature development on the twitter account when I started (~3 weeks ago) https://twitter.com/collected_notes And also wrote a little note that I need to update with more details: https://alejandrocrosa.com/collected-notes-tech-stack

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#103

Post by alecrosa »

tompagenet2 wrote: post #99

This is lovely. Really simple - this is a good thing. I think I'm showing my ignorance as I didn't get why code blocks are surrounded by four back ticks (I thought Markdown used just one), but that's just me asking and certainly not complaining.

I wrote about the supported syntax here: https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-synta...

I think one backtick is pre and three (with optional language is code with syntax highlighting)

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#104

Post by DyslexicAtheist »

alecrosa wrote: post #89
DyslexicAtheist wrote: post #88

ironic that it says "No nonsense" on their landing page but then it stores my thoughts/notes in the cloud. no thanks to another crappy freemium SaaS platform (for sure they have "recurring revenues" on their business plan).

There’s no business plan. I haven’t found a way to store notes on blogs without putting the notes on the cloud yet. Thanks!

so it's a note taking app that lacks any of the privacy features? Wordpress too lets me safe drafts and leaves it up to me whether I ever publish them. I wouldn't call wordpress a "note taking app". it's not a note-taking app if it sends everything to your servers. And it's a shame there is not a single word on security/privacy: how is data protected at rest? your password hashes salted? what is saved client-side vs server-side? where is the security.txt or contact info? what is your data storage policy, cookies, gdpr etc?

you offer a premium package yet there is no info on any of the above? Security/privacy concerns aside you extract money yet haven't even got a vision on how to grow this (no business plan)

... I'd give this a hard pass since it seems to be just another hobby project where everything depends on a single dev but the product ultimately doesn't have a vision. (not that this would be bad - but the fact that there is no clear statement on it _while_ extracting payment leaves a first impression that is fishy, questionable and unprofessional)

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#105

Post by Stratoscope »

alecrosa wrote: post #103
tompagenet2 wrote: post #99

This is lovely. Really simple - this is a good thing. I think I'm showing my ignorance as I didn't get why code blocks are surrounded by four back ticks (I thought Markdown used just one), but that's just me asking and certainly not complaining.

I wrote about the supported syntax here: https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-synta... I think one backtick is pre and three (with optional language is code with syntax highlighting)

Markdown supports inline code with a single backtick on each side, and multiline code blocks with triple backticks above and below. Alternatively, a multiline code block can be indented four spaces.

Let me see if I can illustrate. On HN, backticks are meaningless, and code blocks require two space indents, so this should render as you would write the Markdown source:

  Here would be `inline code` delimited with single backticks.
  It translates to inline code.

  Here would be a multiline code block.
  It typically translates to 
Code is here.
:

  ```
  Code is here.
  ```
A multiline code block can also have a language name when it uses triple backticks, as in your example:

  ```swift
  Swift code is here.
  ```
Note that there are many flavors of Markdown! I'm describing the one you appear to be using, which is similar to what's used on Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites.

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#106

Post by swyx »

alecrosa wrote: post #2

Less than a month ago I decided to build an app for myself to solve a very specific problem: “I want to be able to take notes on my phone, share some of them online, and publish a few on my personal blog — oh, an I also want an API!” I built this is because no tool out there satisfied my needs: - Notion had no native app so it's very slow to use on mobile. Plus is too general. - Medium is a disaster for readers, they…

very slick! congrats on launching! how did you do the mock iPhone video in the landing page? love little demos like that.

edit: ah I see from the comments it is https://www.rotato.xyz/

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#107

Post by alecrosa »

swyx wrote: post #106
alecrosa wrote: post #2

Less than a month ago I decided to build an app for myself to solve a very specific problem: “I want to be able to take notes on my phone, share some of them online, and publish a few on my personal blog — oh, an I also want an API!” I built this is because no tool out there satisfied my needs: - Notion had no native app so it's very slow to use on mobile. Plus is too general. - Medium is a disaster for readers, they…

very slick! congrats on launching! how did you do the mock iPhone video in the landing page? love little demos like that. edit: ah I see from the comments it is https://www.rotato.xyz/

https://www.rotato.xyz/

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#108

Post by rsivapr »

DyslexicAtheist wrote: post #88

ironic that it says "No nonsense" on their landing page but then it stores my thoughts/notes in the cloud. no thanks to another crappy freemium SaaS platform (for sure they have "recurring revenues" on their business plan).

I'm curious if you're aware that "Show HN" in the title is someone with the community a new thing they've built.

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#109

Post by tompagenet2 »

Stratoscope wrote: post #105
alecrosa wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wrote about the supported syntax here: https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-synta... I think one backtick is pre and three (with optional language is code with syntax highlighting)

Markdown supports inline code with a single backtick on each side, and multiline code blocks with triple backticks above and below. Alternatively, a multiline code block can be indented four spaces. Let me see if I can illustrate. On HN, backticks are meaningless, and code blocks require two space indents, so this should render as you would write the Markdown source: Here would be `inline code` delimited with single…

Thanks very much. I'd not appreciated the flexibility of what is possible in terms of code display. Thanks for explaining and letting me understand a bit more!

Re: Show HN: Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made

#110

Post by rsivapr »

rsivapr wrote: post #108
DyslexicAtheist wrote: post #88

ironic that it says "No nonsense" on their landing page but then it stores my thoughts/notes in the cloud. no thanks to another crappy freemium SaaS platform (for sure they have "recurring revenues" on their business plan).

I'm curious if you're aware that "Show HN" in the title is someone with the community a new thing they've built.

Considering you don't seem to have a new account:

I get that you're trying to be helpful. But the way you say things come through as being dismissive about other people's work. They just put in a bunch of work into it; they seem very open to getting feedback and working on it. I'm curious what you're trying to prove by calling it "crappy"?

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