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Re: Show HN: Open-source obsidian.md sync server

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Post by dzogchen »

codetrotter wrote: post #27
aae42 wrote: post #5

i use https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync and self-host a couchdb instance for it... this looks like it might be a bit cleaner once it's all fleshed out...

CouchDB is pretty nice, and gets less attention on HN than it deserves I think. First time I heard about CouchDB was many years ago. I bought an O’Reilly book about it, even. At the time MongoDB was gaining a lot of traction, and I think because of that many people overlooked CouchDB. I recently remembered CouchDB because I have some projects that could potentially benefit from replication between multiple machines.…

And CouchDB is still FOSS!

I have been obsessed by it the past months. Coming from MongoDB the querying is a bit more limited, but I'd use it over MongoDB in a heartbeat. Very simple to host and even to set up multiple instances. Also CouchDB was embracing serverless before it was cool with their HTTP API.

Re: Show HN: Open-source obsidian.md sync server

#154

Post by Lord_Zero »

kepano wrote: post #31

(Obsidian CEO here) Impressive! It's fun to see the diversity of ways people sync/backup their Obsidian files. The nice thing about storing all your notes on your device is that it makes it possible to move and edit your Markdown files in many different ways. That diversity of solutions is what makes the ecosystem of Markdown tools resilient over the long term. There are already a handful of tools that allow you to s…

I don't see why you cant let people download and self-host the sync service if they want. Most people would probably pay to use yours but many people would want to self host as opposed to using fragile and feature-incomplete community supported plugins... people seem to replicate the sync server anyway, why not give them a better experience and live up to the "your notes" promise that is all over the website.

Re: Show HN: Open-source obsidian.md sync server

#155

Post by PurpleRamen »

Lord_Zero wrote: post #154
kepano wrote: post #31

(Obsidian CEO here) Impressive! It's fun to see the diversity of ways people sync/backup their Obsidian files. The nice thing about storing all your notes on your device is that it makes it possible to move and edit your Markdown files in many different ways. That diversity of solutions is what makes the ecosystem of Markdown tools resilient over the long term. There are already a handful of tools that allow you to s…

I don't see why you cant let people download and self-host the sync service if they want. Most people would probably pay to use yours but many people would want to self host as opposed to using fragile and feature-incomplete community supported plugins... people seem to replicate the sync server anyway, why not give them a better experience and live up to the "your notes" promise that is all over the website.

There is little benefit, but big harm in releasing the server. They would be responsible for supporting users in using the server, which could be little or big additional work. Releasing the server would also demand additional work for the release itself, like writing documentation, and fixing some errors. And it could also lower the little income they already have, and at least send the message that there are fewer reasons to financially support them and the development of Obsidian.

On the other side, the alternatives are working well enough, so there is not much reason to release the server.

Re: Show HN: Open-source obsidian.md sync server

#156

Post by fourstepper »

PurpleRamen wrote: post #155
Lord_Zero wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see why you cant let people download and self-host the sync service if they want. Most people would probably pay to use yours but many people would want to self host as opposed to using fragile and feature-incomplete community supported plugins... people seem to replicate the sync server anyway, why not give them a better experience and live up to the "your notes" promise that is all over the website.

There is little benefit, but big harm in releasing the server. They would be responsible for supporting users in using the server, which could be little or big additional work. Releasing the server would also demand additional work for the release itself, like writing documentation, and fixing some errors. And it could also lower the little income they already have, and at least send the message that there are fewer…

> They would be responsible for supporting users in using the server, which could be little or big additional work.

From the MIT license (and similar with many others):

... THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Re: Show HN: Open-source obsidian.md sync server

#157

Post by PurpleRamen »

fourstepper wrote: post #156
PurpleRamen wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is little benefit, but big harm in releasing the server. They would be responsible for supporting users in using the server, which could be little or big additional work. Releasing the server would also demand additional work for the release itself, like writing documentation, and fixing some errors. And it could also lower the little income they already have, and at least send the message that there are fewer…

> They would be responsible for supporting users in using the server, which could be little or big additional work. From the MIT license (and similar with many others): ... THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HO…

Obsidian is not open source. And users don't care for this nitpick. For a company it's necessary to maintain an image; leaving your users alone with their problems with your software, is bad marketing.
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