/tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system • Hacker News Board

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by claviska » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:33 PM UTC

xanaxagoras wrote: post #5

Looks interesting. However, no more subscriptions. I only use FOSS software or software I can buy for money.

I sympathize with this. But as an open source author, I encourage folks to at least occasionally sponsor some of the FOSS packages they heavily rely on.

I love open source, but I also pay for apps and services that provide me with more value than what they cost. I’m not sure this provides me with that value, but perhaps to some it does.

Regardless, if software boosts your productivity, free or not, it’s worth at least a few bucks to subscribe or sponsor and support the authors.

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by asleepawake » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:36 PM UTC

lostintangent wrote: post #17

Congrats on the release! I _really_ love the simple approach this tool takes. Though personally, I view note taking as “commodity” enough, that I prefer to own my data, and use my existing editor setup. If folks are looking for a productive, yet low-ceremony note taking workflow, GitHub.dev might be worth a look, since it provides the benefits of using Markdown, a GitHub repo, and VS Code, all from the browser: http:…

This reads like the reply to the Dropbox release.

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by mstngl » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:36 PM UTC

riffic wrote: post #19

nonethewiser wrote: post #2

I have completely ditched note taking systems in favor of a flat structure and strong search features. I just make a bunch of .md files and edit them in vscode.

you may be interested in these then (vs code plugins): * Foam - https://github.com/foambubble/foam * Dendron - https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron Obsidian is great as well, but there are caveats that may make it not so great with your preferences

And not to forget LogSeq (https://logseq.com) which is often mentioned in a row with the above and somehow the new kid in town. Works with local markdown files but lives in your browser (so useful even in environment with low privileges). Allows linking and querying notes and blocks swiftly.

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by joe8756438 » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:38 PM UTC

BergTheBold wrote: post #13

I don't see where to submit a service request. There are errors in the browser console when I log in: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '$router') at app.e2dbfb1e.js:1 at h (chunk-vendors.439a26c5.js:35) at r (chunk-vendors.439a26c5.js:35) at Nt (chunk-vendors.439a26c5.js:35) at e.zt.confirmTransition (chunk-vendors.439a26c5.js:35) at e.zt.transitionTo (chunk-vendors.439a26c5.js:35) at se.init (…

hello [at] tatatap.com shoot me an email, we'll sort it out.

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by joe8756438 » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:39 PM UTC

prezjordan wrote: post #8

> S-expressions in the equation example Yes. > You already have the app. Save notes to /tap via text message (SMS), the website or a bookmarklet. K now I'm actually going to use this. Nice work. (Good landing page!)

Thanks :-)

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by MandieD » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:39 PM UTC

xanaxagoras wrote: post #5

Looks interesting. However, no more subscriptions. I only use FOSS software or software I can buy for money.

Amen to that - if I use something, I’m happy to buy it, or to make a one-time donation to a project, but no more subscriptions.

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by avrionov » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:40 PM UTC

lostintangent wrote: post #17

Congrats on the release! I _really_ love the simple approach this tool takes. Though personally, I view note taking as “commodity” enough, that I prefer to own my data, and use my existing editor setup. If folks are looking for a productive, yet low-ceremony note taking workflow, GitHub.dev might be worth a look, since it provides the benefits of using Markdown, a GitHub repo, and VS Code, all from the browser: http:…

How do you access your notes on mobile?

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by joe8756438 » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

mteoharov wrote: post #18

After signing up for a trial I went to input my phone so I can use the SMS feature and there is this: "*Currently only supporting US phone numbers.". It would have been nice to know this prior to signing up.

Noted. Feel free to email me at hello [at] tatatap.com we might be able to figure something out

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by joe8756438 » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:44 PM UTC

Hey HN,

Creator of /tap here. Thanks for all the great discussion! If there's anything I can answer related to the product, process, reasoning, where /tap is headed LMK!

Re: /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

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Post by lostintangent » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 6:45 PM UTC

avrionov wrote: post #27

lostintangent wrote: post #17

Congrats on the release! I _really_ love the simple approach this tool takes. Though personally, I view note taking as “commodity” enough, that I prefer to own my data, and use my existing editor setup. If folks are looking for a productive, yet low-ceremony note taking workflow, GitHub.dev might be worth a look, since it provides the benefits of using Markdown, a GitHub repo, and VS Code, all from the browser: http:…

How do you access your notes on mobile?

It’s a little bit clunky, but you can use GitHub.dev/ on your phone. I do a lot of browsing/quick edits that way, and it works well enough. That said, I also use Working Copy for iOS to sync my notes repo, and will use that sometimes as well.

Personally, I don’t find that I do a lot of “deep writing” on my phone, as opposed to quick recall or in-the-moment scratch padding. So as long as I have a way to access my notes, make quick edits, and then sync them with my laptop (where I’ll do my primary thinking later), then I’m pretty content.