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

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This is a really nice product. The web version reminds me of Prose [^1], which introduced the concept of writing in a GitHub repo online since 2013.

For those asking about the advantages of NotesHub over Obsidian, this app offers a web version—a feature I have long wished Obsidian would provide.

[1]: https://github.com/prose/prose

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

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I can understand that. There're so many Markdown editors, choice paralysis easily kicks in. Markdown ist basically a must have for me though, because I know most applications will be outlived by my notes, and I want to be able to move on to a different editor. To try a new one, or even use multiple at the same time (say, on my phone and on my computer), it's unacceptable for me if I have to export and import all my n…

The one thing that annoys me is that Markdown is not highly standardized. Seems like every implementation is its own dialect and feature support varies quite a bit.

Yeah that's what happens when you come up with a "standard" and then forget about it for two decades.

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

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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.

It's not that surprising, it's just different priorities. If a company would prioritize "Let's build a featureful note-taking app", they'll also get it done. But there's usually a lot of different priorities that are higher than building yet another app for the platform.

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

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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.

OneNote is a pretty decent note taking app.

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

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post #51

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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

Glad you liked it :)

When I started grad school and was learning how to write effectively, I struggled with passive/active voice differentiation… until I learned the zombies tip. It’s so absurd that you can’t forget it, and it’s simple enough to differentiate the two in a split second!

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