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I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by SkyMarshal »

alphagrep12345 wrote: post #229

Maybe a dumb question - but how did you create apps on so many different platforms? Did you have to separately code everything? Or did you use some framework?

Definitely not a dumb question, I was wondering that too. My first guess for cross-platform desktop apps these days is Electron, and Inkdrop's UI looks a little Electron-y. But it would be really interesting to hear if it's something else.

For the mobile apps, afaik React Native is the most capable cross-platform mobile framework right now. Again, would be really interesting if it's something else (or hardcore if they're both native apps).

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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craftzdog wrote: post #73
TheGrumpyBrit wrote: post #50

It looks good, and I like your pricing model more than the Standard Notes one (I don't want to drop $149 at once on a web app, but the 75% discount for doing so makes the monthly price seem way too expensive). Two things that stop me pulling the trigger: 1. I need a web app. I want to be able to call up my notes from a computer, anywhere, without installing anything. 2. A 60 day trial seems like the wrong way to test…

The author here. > A much smaller (5-10MB) quota with no time limit That's interesting and I basically agree with your opinion. You will be more comfortable to try it. But I suspect that many free riders will come eat the server resources. This is not a startup. I would rather like to be small.

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Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by quarkral »

crooked-v wrote: post #232

I like the design of this app a lot, but as with others like this, it feels like it wants me to double-pay for sync/storage I already have with iCloud or Dropbox.

Yea I would like it if the author offered a one-time purchase for the app without sync functionality at say $60.

I mean if you are having trouble with server space for hosting text files, then maybe you shouldn't be building your own cloud storage service.

There are lots of existing sync solutions without server space limitations, and you can still have end-to-end encryption by just saving the encrypted text file to local storage and decrypting it only in memory.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by pwinnski »

Quanttek wrote: post #222
pwinnski wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems like an intrinsic part of the nature of Markdown editors. Typora lets you input in Markdown, but seems to immediately hide Markdown markup in favor of a WYSIWYG-like view, making it arguably not a Markdown editor at all. For most people, and I think I include myself in this group, the point of Markdown is that the raw source is readable even without being rendered.

Arguably, tables or pictures are not readable in raw Markdown. While Markdown is already readable, such rendering makes it much more readable.

True. At the cost of hiding the Markdown source.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by norswap »

craftzdog wrote: post #107
r3bl wrote: post #38

I've been a happy user of this product for about half of its lifetime (in the middle of my 2nd yearly subscription). If I were to build one, it would be quite similar: intuitive design, some GTD support, Markdown support. It has all the features that I need, and the developer is easy to reach when there's a problem (I've been mentioned in a few changelogs). I appreciate the openness of the developer about the feature…

Hi Aleksandar, Great to know that you are continuing to use my app! high five

Hey Takuya, the above says that you can only export as HTML, does that mean that you can't export all your notes as Markdown?

It also says relative links between notes are not supported — is that still the case?

Thanks for your hard work!

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by rcdwealth »

innot wrote: post #214
rcdwealth wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you are likely to PAY to GIVE your data AWAY... Mamma mia! Why not pay US $5 to Digital Ocean and run your own NextCloud and you have all the notes in your own server. Encrypted.

And now you pay to give that data to Digital Ocean.

There is difference with free software and proprietary software. NextCloud instance is free software and holds encrypted information. Maybe there could be ways to intercept password by the ISP.

This application is proprietary software, and you don't know nothing what is going on in background. Just as majority of Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS steal people's data.

See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s...

There are torrents with information to download with all details of many major websites. It means NO SECURITY.

So if I a stranger from street asks you to give him your notes, you won't give him. But you see him face to face.

If a faceless guy online, which you don't know where is he located, asks you to give him all your notes, you even pay to him to give him.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by rcdwealth »

lloeki wrote: post #66
prepend wrote: post #4

I like these apps because I’ve been trying note taking for 30 years and have had many false starts of solo projects over the years. So when someone releases it makes me a little happy. I like markdown because the interoperability is high. I’d like a command line way to just create a new note in one line that gets stuck somewhere that can be added on or moved around later (eg, “note Inkdrop should be investigated and…

> I’d like a command line way to just create a new note in one line that gets stuck somewhere 5 min hackjob that saves my day every day: # `note foobar` opens vim on a timestamped foobar file within a folder # `note` just opens the same folder in netrw # also, using tpope/vim-vinegar and liberal use of `-` to go back and forth function note() ( local title="$1" local timestamp="$(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)" local dir…

Thumbs up. I would just add the encryption filter, like gpg to yourself or within the editor automatic decryption and encryption.

You can also add your own file type if necessary.

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