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Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by MattRix »

Sendotsh wrote: post #20

I've recently switched to using VSCode with these[0] two[1] extensions for all my markdown notes (I completely live off extensive note-taking and have gone through every single possible Markdown editor), and I couldn't be happier. For the few devices where I don't have it installed, I use Mark Text[2] which is free, open source, cross platform, and lets me edit the same notes (stored locally, and synced to my NAS and…

I used centralized cloud sync notes (Notion) because it works well across all my devices and I have to spend zero time maintaining it or otherwise managing it, it just works (and improves over time without me doing anything!). I am not worried about if the service ever shuts down, because I always have exports/backups of my notes and can always roll my own service if needed. There's really no downside to it.

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by darkkindness »

MattRix wrote: post #31
Sendotsh wrote: post #20

I've recently switched to using VSCode with these[0] two[1] extensions for all my markdown notes (I completely live off extensive note-taking and have gone through every single possible Markdown editor), and I couldn't be happier. For the few devices where I don't have it installed, I use Mark Text[2] which is free, open source, cross platform, and lets me edit the same notes (stored locally, and synced to my NAS and…

I used centralized cloud sync notes (Notion) because it works well across all my devices and I have to spend zero time maintaining it or otherwise managing it, it just works (and improves over time without me doing anything!). I am not worried about if the service ever shuts down, because I always have exports/backups of my notes and can always roll my own service if needed. There's really no downside to it.

I've been trying to get into Notion, but the biggest downside is that I can't edit the markdown source of my documents nor can I use my own editor to edit their documents. I'm not happy with Notion's editor -- for instance, unindenting item 2 out of 5 of a bulleted list will move it down to item 5 for some reason. I guess I could export documents to markdown, edit, and reupload, but at that point I'm just using Notion as cloud data storage.

edit: Didn't mean to criticize so much! I've found Notion is great for taking nice plain text notes on the go that I can instantly access on my other devices. In the past I achieved this with Syncthing, but Notion's syncing is much less finicky, and fast -- it takes less than a second to sync! Plus there's a share menu.

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by haasted »

Meph504 wrote: post #7
haasted wrote: post #4

If you’re searching for functionality like this, I recommend you also check out Boostnote. ( https://boostnote.io/ )

Seems lame that to download an open source app, I need to provide them my email address?

That IS pretty lame. Didn't know that had been introduced when I made the recommendation.

An alternative is to directly to github and download one of the releases: https://github.com/BoostIO/Boostnote/releases

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by tracer4201 »

sgallant wrote: post #6
tracer4201 wrote: post #5

I appreciate apps like this, but each time I’ve tried a simple editor like this, especially for the markdown support, I end up not using it more than a few times because organization becomes messy.

I had the same problem but started using https://bear.app/ because the search is so good. I add new notes multiple times per day (mostly meeting notes) and don't worry about organization since the search is so great. I love it and even pay a few bucks per month for it. It's kinda like my digital brain.

This app seems really nice, but I certainly can’t use it for work (at least without written approval).

I’d love something of this caliber that is open source. Maybe I should write one myself :)

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