Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by 076ae80a-3c97-4 » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 1:50 PM UTC

This has similarities to a Blazor (C# via Web Assembly) app I've been playing with recently, mainly offline only storage and import/export functionality. It works well but we're all so used to cloud syncing that it takes some getting used to when things aren't magically available on all our devices. https://do.lord.technology/

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by rekshaw » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 1:54 PM UTC

shpx wrote: post #38

Here is my privacy centric, offline first, personal journal bash script EDITOR=vim journal() { mkdir -p ~/journal/`date +%Y` $EDITOR ~/journal/`date +%Y`/`date +%m-%d` } alias j=journal

Thanks. Are you planning on selling this as a service? Maybe with blockchain verification? How about creating a marketplace so that others can share journal templates? Is there iCloud backup? Would be nice to have private messages between members and social status that people can "like".

:-)

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by _mischief » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 1:55 PM UTC

sandrobfc wrote: post #36

mcless wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought the parent comment was referring to real offline journals made of treeware.

Exactly. It's not that I don't see value in online alternatives, but in this case, if the main point is to access it offline, I don't see how different it is from a physical journal.

Why use digital formats offline:

  - editing and reordering text
  - attachments
  - aesthetics
  - accessibility 
  - hassle/weight optimisation

Aesthetics includes theming, and also not everyone has good handwriting.

Accessibility, because not everyone is able to hand-write in the first place.

Weight optimisation, because if a laptop is non-negotiable, going digital means one less thing to remember about and carry with you.

I have multiple physical notebooks/calendars and a digital commonplace book, they all have their place.

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by broahmed » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 1:57 PM UTC

rekshaw wrote: post #42

shpx wrote: post #38

Here is my privacy centric, offline first, personal journal bash script EDITOR=vim journal() { mkdir -p ~/journal/`date +%Y` $EDITOR ~/journal/`date +%Y`/`date +%m-%d` } alias j=journal

Thanks. Are you planning on selling this as a service? Maybe with blockchain verification? How about creating a marketplace so that others can share journal templates? Is there iCloud backup? Would be nice to have private messages between members and social status that people can "like". :-)

For those unaware: I think parent poster is being sarcastic.

EDIT: my original comment was "Don't know why you're being downvoted. That's sarcasm people!". It was flagged. I wondered why and decided to check the HN guidelines. Sure enough, I violated one: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

Sorry about that!

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by 076ae80a-3c97-4 » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 2:02 PM UTC

jug wrote: post #17

One thing about this browser storage.. How do you migrate if/when you change computer? Is the procedure browser-dependent? I always saw those storages as a bit more troublesome than a flat CSV or something.

It would be a great use case for a progressive web app.

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by yitchelle » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 2:03 PM UTC

broahmed wrote: post #44

rekshaw wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. Are you planning on selling this as a service? Maybe with blockchain verification? How about creating a marketplace so that others can share journal templates? Is there iCloud backup? Would be nice to have private messages between members and social status that people can "like". :-)

For those unaware: I think parent poster is being sarcastic. EDIT: my original comment was "Don't know why you're being downvoted. That's sarcasm people!". It was flagged. I wondered why and decided to check the HN guidelines. Sure enough, I violated one: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Sorry about that!

Hey, this is HN. Sarcasm and witty remarks are verboten. :-)

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by bovermyer » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 2:04 PM UTC

broahmed wrote: post #44

rekshaw wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. Are you planning on selling this as a service? Maybe with blockchain verification? How about creating a marketplace so that others can share journal templates? Is there iCloud backup? Would be nice to have private messages between members and social status that people can "like". :-)

For those unaware: I think parent poster is being sarcastic. EDIT: my original comment was "Don't know why you're being downvoted. That's sarcasm people!". It was flagged. I wondered why and decided to check the HN guidelines. Sure enough, I violated one: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Sorry about that!

Humor is not one of HN's strong suits.

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by opencl » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 2:10 PM UTC

tga wrote: post #12

anonymfus wrote: post #11

So why it's web based?

How about because it directly works on all platforms, mobile + desktop? Also it looks like it's the platform the author was most proficient in, which is always a good reason when choosing your stack.

Works on all platforms except Windows Phone/Windows 10S apparently, because it's completely broken on Edge.

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by cyberpip » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

A real journaling app, for the hackernews crowd, must have syncing between any kind of device (imo), including the terminal. My solution is just nextcloud syncing text files, though that may be overkill. Anyone have a good or even elegant solution for web/phone/terminal text file syncing?

Re: Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app

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Post by xerosis » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 2:20 PM UTC

windexh8er wrote: post #22

jug wrote: post #17

One thing about this browser storage.. How do you migrate if/when you change computer? Is the procedure browser-dependent? I always saw those storages as a bit more troublesome than a flat CSV or something.

You could just run it in a container with a bind mount for the database path to a file path that's kept in sync with SyncThing or other alternatives.

"just"