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Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by j_bum »

cscheid wrote: post #34
proee wrote: post #27

Nice product and website. Your homepage uses a lot of passive voice. Personally I think changing it to active voice makes the product sound more appealing. "your notes will always be" -> "your notes are always" "content will be synced" -> "content is synced" "note will be periodically synced" -> "notes are periodically synced" "You can use it for managing personal tasks..." -> "Manage your personal tasks..." "You can…

Dropping passive voice helps most writing, but > "content will be synced" -> "content is synced" FYI that's still passive voice.

To quickly determine passive vs. active voice, you can add the phrase, “by zombies” to the end of the sentence.

If it’s clear the zombies are doing the action (subject), then the content is passive voice. Otherwise, if the zombies are an adverbial phrase, the sentence is in active voice.

Passive voice: “Content is synced by zombies”

Active voice: “NotesHub syncs the content by zombies”

Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by Towaway69 »

alwayslikethis wrote: post #7
rcarmo wrote: post #2

I don't get why iOS doesn't have filesystem notebooks on the comparison table.

The fact that iOS doesn't really have a real filesystem you can use, would be my guess.

As someone who left iOS for Android because of that, I was pleasantly surprised - when I went back - to find that iOS now has a Files app for managing files on the device and also network shares.

iOS has definitely improved in that area and definitely now has a filesystem.

Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by Towaway69 »

I'm a big fan of iA Writer - it basically does everything I need. The best part is its clean interface - just a white screen and cursor.

Markdown based with HTML templates to allow for different appearance when converted to PDF. It also has cross references to other files, so that long documents can be broken down into separate files.

It doesn't have all the features that NotesHub has - hats off to that and I hope NotesHub becomes a success.

Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by rangerelf »

j_bum wrote: post #51
cscheid wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dropping passive voice helps most writing, but > "content will be synced" -> "content is synced" FYI that's still passive voice.

To quickly determine passive vs. active voice, you can add the phrase, “by zombies” to the end of the sentence. If it’s clear the zombies are doing the action (subject), then the content is passive voice. Otherwise, if the zombies are an adverbial phrase, the sentence is in active voice. Passive voice: “Content is synced by zombies” Active voice: “NotesHub syncs the content by zombies”

"Thanks" for making me spit my coffee, that's hilarious but awesome; I will be using it in the future. :-D

Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by danudey »

xz18r wrote: post #16

I am on a Macbook where I'm not signed in with an Apple ID (let alone my own), can I buy the app for my private devices and install it somehow on my work Macbook?

If you copy the app over to your work Macbook it should ask you to authenticate to the App Store when you try to launch it so that it can validate your license. IIRC this doesn't cause it to save that login to the app store but just does a one-off authentication for that app.

YMMV, but this is my recollection.

Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by accra4rx »

HiPHInch wrote: post #29

People seem interested in this. But I still wonder what is the advantage over Obsidian.

In Obsidian , you can even sync to github or dropbox with community plugins . so price wise it is free Also Obsidian has much better search (using community plugin) which is lacking in noteshub

Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by alex-titarenko »

aanet wrote: post #49

Fantastic app, good, clean design, and a very useful use-case. I can see myself using it. However, a few questions: 1. Can I self-host it? If so, how? 2. Can I connect to a "private" Github repo? (I dont want my personal notes publicly viewable, unless I choose so) 3. What's the pricing model? Wasn't entirely clear. Thanks!!

You can't self-host it. Yes, you can connect to "private" GitHub repo. Pricing model is one time payment for native apps and free web app.

Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by jdthedisciple »

It seems the creator has been a senior SWE at Microsoft for 7 years now.

It genuinely astounds me that as a solo dev he can make such a featureful app yet Microsoft the company has been failing hard in this realm for the last decade.

Also it makes you wonder how many UI-design teams, product owners, and middle managers are entirely obsolete next to a single competent SWE with a bit of talent for UI/UX.

Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

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Post by alex-titarenko »

accra4rx wrote: post #57
HiPHInch wrote: post #29

People seem interested in this. But I still wonder what is the advantage over Obsidian.

In Obsidian , you can even sync to github or dropbox with community plugins . so price wise it is free Also Obsidian has much better search (using community plugin) which is lacking in noteshub

Obsidian's git sync has many issues, at least, this is what I hear from my customers who used both products. Search in NotesHub is also robust, please read here: https://about.noteshub.app/blog/archive/2024/7/noteshub-34
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