doesnt work with private browsing...
like chrome incognito? i tried and it does
Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
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Re: Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
#22This assumes that edsu will never betray you. Given the broad meaning of betray used, that seems unlikely. If edsu gets big it will have to pay for all that storage somehow. Like all things edsu will one day come to an end, and like most websites/companies/endeavors it will probably come to an end before I do.
Edsu seems to rely on federated services.
Email, similarly, unfortunately fell to convenience - GMail, with Google selling your data.
The parent brings up a good point, how do we know Edsu won't betray its users? Or that it won't become dominated by a centralized provider?
I'd love to hear an answer.
For me, our team decided to take a route that cannot be compromised - your identity belongs to you, fully decentralized (https://gun.eco/docs/Todo-Dapp), yet can do 0-server password resets and other conveniences.
Re: Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
#23yey another note taking app... The digital equivalent of making ashtrays in pottery class.
Yet it's not too easy to make one that matters.
Re: Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
#24I actually found that using special directory for notes and git and grep is actually convenient. The only thing I'm missing is fuzzy search features of grep, like build on word2vec models.
Can we call this the Dropbox syndrome where people boasts they have a better solution with combination of cli tools instead of a service?
Re: Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
#25I actually found that using special directory for notes and git and grep is actually convenient. The only thing I'm missing is fuzzy search features of grep, like build on word2vec models.
Can we call this the Dropbox syndrome where people boasts they have a better solution with combination of cli tools instead of a service?
That seems a very uncharitable reading of your parent post.
Re: Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
#26This assumes that edsu will never betray you. Given the broad meaning of betray used, that seems unlikely. If edsu gets big it will have to pay for all that storage somehow. Like all things edsu will one day come to an end, and like most websites/companies/endeavors it will probably come to an end before I do.
Edsu seems to rely on federated services. Email, similarly, unfortunately fell to convenience - GMail, with Google selling your data. The parent brings up a good point, how do we know Edsu won't betray its users? Or that it won't become dominated by a centralized provider? I'd love to hear an answer. For me, our team decided to take a route that cannot be compromised - your identity belongs to you, fully decentralize…
From a five-second glance at their website, the main selling point is that you can self-host it.
Re: Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
It seems the data stays in sync with other places you're signed in, so supposedly you could get redundancy by signing in on more devices/browsers. In that sense, it's better than a crappy text editor on your computer.
You're right about the sync part, but it's an old skool client-server sync, not a peer-to-peer one.
Hmmm, a p2p version that uses local storage on each device you have could have some interesting applications. As a client-server architecture it's a tad complex for a lot of users to set up, but with a good UI it could become a viable alternative storage method, as well as allowing for potential app cross-compatibility. You would have to make sure at devices had a chance to sync - perhaps have a web service there? - and I'm unsure how you would deal with conflict resolution, but the idea definitely seems to have a lot of potential.
I'll need to think about this.
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Re: Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
#29I actually found that using special directory for notes and git and grep is actually convenient. The only thing I'm missing is fuzzy search features of grep, like build on word2vec models.
Can we call this the Dropbox syndrome where people boasts they have a better solution with combination of cli tools instead of a service?
Only if we can say that SaaS obsessives have Cloud Syndrome
Re: Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you
#30This assumes that edsu will never betray you. Given the broad meaning of betray used, that seems unlikely. If edsu gets big it will have to pay for all that storage somehow. Like all things edsu will one day come to an end, and like most websites/companies/endeavors it will probably come to an end before I do.
Edsu seems to rely on federated services. Email, similarly, unfortunately fell to convenience - GMail, with Google selling your data. The parent brings up a good point, how do we know Edsu won't betray its users? Or that it won't become dominated by a centralized provider? I'd love to hear an answer. For me, our team decided to take a route that cannot be compromised - your identity belongs to you, fully decentralize…
I know I'm a bit of a broken record, but a notice that JS is required is always appreciated rather than a blank page.