Please, use the browser for auth. I don't use apps, which asks me to enter my Google passwords in them!
Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product
91–95 of 95 posts
Re: Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product
#92I use NotePlan[1], which is a similar app, and it's a joy. The downside of NotePlan is that is available only for Apple devices. 1. https://noteplan.co/
Looked at Noteplan, and no pricing details are anywhere (webstore nor App store listing). Apparently requires a subscription and there is no free functionality. Hard pass.
I would even say that it shouldn't exist as a free app on the App store.
Re: Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product
#93Installed it on my work machine now. We use Google Calendar at work and I much more rather look it using your App :) It would be nice if I could connect my Apple-calendar with it as that's what I'm using personally. Ctrl+space short key is nice but canceling it with esc doesn't work for me at least but I have to open the app to get it closed. Also - I'd use it so much rather if it would be more independent from googl…
Thanks for the kind words. Apple Calendar is something we are obviously considering. As for console which is hard to exit, we get that feedback all the time. Unfortunately, even though it looks trivial, it is actually not super simple to do. I suggest you re-hit CTRL+SPACE to hide it, it is the easiest way. Otherwise, you need to reput focus in the console and hit CTRL+ESC. As for the dependence on the Google ecosyst…
Rehitting CTRL+space just opens Routine app (if I'm pressing ctrl+space while it's closed) on my computer. It would be okay flow if it would just close it with the same short-cut and I could continue where I was before. But I can believe this isn't as trivial to do as it sounds.
Re: Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Speed is not the problem with JS and Electron, it's the broken UX and expected behavior from a native app. I've installed it and before moving it to my app folder, I tried to run it (I always do this with new apps). A popup appeared with the title "A JavaScript error occurred in the main process" (weird behavior), I didn't read the content at first, so I closed it and reopened the app again (fast fingers reached cmd-…
As an aside, JS does definitely make things feel slower than native in some instances. Regardless, how does generating JS from OCaml make things faster, I wonder?
I think our app is as reactive as a native app despite javascript; if you see any lack of responsiveness I'd be interested in knowing where so I can improve it. I do however agree that it "feels" different on OSX, since you don't have the native animations and look & feel, but I don't think it's related to speed.
Regarding OCaml, using such a strongly typed language enables heavy abstractions without a runtime performance tradeoff, leverages the static optimizer of the OCaml toolchain and outputs optimized javascript (asm like). This is, I would argue, hardly achievable by writing directly plain javascript. Note however that there are other tools that target javascript with similar benefits.
Re: Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product
#95First of all - congratulations on the launch. Your produce looks beautiful! I'm curious, and mean no offense when I ask: when you and other startups cite usage at Telsa/Stripe/etc. do you sell directly to those organizations or is there some other threshold that makes you comfortable mentioning them. I've seen similar on a lot of sites (sometimes direct competitors claiming use by the same large organization) and I o…
From what I’ve seen, people use these when they notice anyone with an @company.com email address pop up in their Users table.