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Re: Show HN: Personal Management System

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Post by michaelbrooks »

michaelbrooks wrote: post #30
whereareyouwow wrote: post #26

You should post on r/selfhosted ( https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/ ) Been waiting for something like this for a long time ... Only thing I would change is use sqlite rather than mysql. That way your data is in a single file that is easily portable.

It's using Doctrine so the configuration should be easy to change in the .env file. Update the "DATABASE_URL" line to... `DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///%kernel.project_dir%/var/app.db"` And point it to the correct directory where your file is located.

I can't edit, but I was hoping the backticks would create a code block, so please ignore those backticks. Also, more details can be found on their documentation [0].

[0] https://symfony.com/doc/current/doctrine.html#configuring-th...

Re: Show HN: Personal Management System

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Post by michaelbrooks »

makach wrote: post #27

Great idea! Something I have been waiting for as well. However, is it secure? I am reluctant to use this software early. Will be watching! Keep up the great work!

It's using the Symfony framework which is considered very secure as it's one of the top open-source PHP frameworks on the web.

Re: Show HN: Personal Management System

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Post by rohan1024 »

0wis wrote: post #25
klez wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So is STD, but we still use it to abbreviate "standard", so, there's that.

Warning : NSFW search for non native speakers who are curious about acronyms... Just had a shameful experience.

We kinda need a browser extension that will show red in top right corner if the current page has NSFW words or maybe when we use right click on the particular word it already highlights being NSFW preventing the said experience.

Re: Show HN: Personal Management System

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Post by dotancohen »

This looks great, but it is very specific to the needs of the author. Which makes sense, if I have my own itches to scratch I should send a pull request.

I won't, because my information is already organized, but these are the features that people interested in the project should know offhand: 1. Contacts are divided between those with phone numbers and those with email addresses. You cannot have a contact with both a phone number and an email address. Or multiple phone numbers / email addresses. 2. There is no export, not even CardDav. So you cannot import the phone numbers into your phone, or export from the phone to this system. Or sync between them. 3. I pretty much stopped there, as those are showstoppers for many use cases.

Note that this looks like a great project and I am not detracting from it in the slightest. But it is a system specific to the OP's use case, not a system for everybody.

Re: Show HN: Personal Management System

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Post by michaelbrooks »

cmroanirgo wrote: post #24
elliotpage wrote: post #16

This looks great, and I especially like the upfront and honest "Support" section. As someone who is trying to move my information under my own control at present (Rather than using and paying for multiple cloud systems) I understand the driving force behind the project and will be giving it a shot!

> Browsers Support. Chrome. I mean for real. Just Chrome. I know about bug with copying password in Firefox for example. But I just do everything in Chrome so I'm not really planning to check that on other browsers. I thought we'd left the "It works in IE" mentality behind us? Apparently not, it seems. So, considering I use almost all browsers except chrome, this project is a non starter for me.

"Works in Chrome" is definitely becoming the new "Works in IE" unfortunately. If you check the /r/firefox subreddit, there's usually a post crying about how a site only works in Chrome which is frustrating. [0]

[0]https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/c3tq22/whats_with_...

Re: Show HN: Personal Management System

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Post by lkschubert8 »

cmroanirgo wrote: post #24
elliotpage wrote: post #16

This looks great, and I especially like the upfront and honest "Support" section. As someone who is trying to move my information under my own control at present (Rather than using and paying for multiple cloud systems) I understand the driving force behind the project and will be giving it a shot!

> Browsers Support. Chrome. I mean for real. Just Chrome. I know about bug with copying password in Firefox for example. But I just do everything in Chrome so I'm not really planning to check that on other browsers. I thought we'd left the "It works in IE" mentality behind us? Apparently not, it seems. So, considering I use almost all browsers except chrome, this project is a non starter for me.

If you read the section above it he says "I cannot guarantee support. I've got a job, personal things etc, I'm just sharing my code/my application as MIT. However feel totally free to ask about something, write issues etc. As mentioned I'm using and I will use this application from now on daily so there might be some changes even good for me." This is just someone dumping out something they have been working on for themselves, which is how open source starts. So if you want to use it but are bothered by it not working in your browser of choice go submit a PR.

Re: Show HN: Personal Management System

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Post by cannonedhamster »

michaelbrooks wrote: post #35
cmroanirgo wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Browsers Support. Chrome. I mean for real. Just Chrome. I know about bug with copying password in Firefox for example. But I just do everything in Chrome so I'm not really planning to check that on other browsers. I thought we'd left the "It works in IE" mentality behind us? Apparently not, it seems. So, considering I use almost all browsers except chrome, this project is a non starter for me.

"Works in Chrome" is definitely becoming the new "Works in IE" unfortunately. If you check the /r/firefox subreddit, there's usually a post crying about how a site only works in Chrome which is frustrating. [0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/c3tq22/whats_with_...

Yeah there's definitely sites that flat out don't work in Firefox for no good reason. If you're intentionally breaking your site in this day and age I probably don't want to actually visit your site. Oddly enough I've jumped back to IE a few times to get some banking sites working.

Re: Show HN: Personal Management System

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Post by scrollaway »

reilly3000 wrote: post #4

Have there been any commercial endeavors to make a project such as this? I have wanted something like that for a while, but I'd rather it be somewhat fully-baked and well supported. Still, congrats, it looks like great work, I'm planning on giving it a try.

Notion.so as another commenter mentioned. As far as CRMs go there is Monica which is impressively good quality.
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