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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.
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.
I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I've been using todopy (which works on the todo.txt format/spec) to manage tasks, and hledger to manage finances, and after having tried a myriad of solutions for organizing life, it seems it's these simple CLI tools with text-based formats that work best for me. This product kind of feels like that, but without the main upsides (easy extensibility, you own your data, it's…
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.
I think the key issue with notes that you just edit in plain text files on your computer is the lack of sync, mobile access and access to a quick ui on the mobile side.
Looks interesting. However, no more subscriptions. I only use FOSS software or software I can buy for money.
LISP in your notes? That's cool. For my note taking I use the great tiddlywiki. A lot of features seem to overlap with the tiddlywiki. What seems nicer is the syntax, which is cool. As a tiddlywiki user, what's the advantage of this note taking app over that one? ( https://tiddlywiki.com/ )
Why not reminders by email?
Unfortunately I'm also realizing that I got to a point in life where I just roll my eyes when I see yet another note-taking, or to-do app, or any other spin on the same trivial problem that we solved 1000 years ago and now are just beating a dead horse, almost like a developer endlessly rewriting a piece of code to make it perfect instead of taking the old "it's good enough" approach and moving on to fix the other problems in the codebase.
The note-taking apps are good enough. Even pen and paper is good enough.
I know I shouldn't react like that, because it's not fair to the author - they had an idea for a better product and worked hard to ship it, and probably learnt a ton along the way; maybe they'll even make a good chunk of money, but is there no point at which we're allowed to say "You don't get much praise anymore because you're the millionth developer who figured out how to duct tape some methods written by others to create a weather app. We collectively ran out of praise for solutions in that specific problem domain. And we're sure as hell not paying for it"?
I feel like everyone's just trying to make a buck with their tiny spin on the same idea. Of course there's a subscription on the note-taking app. And let me guess, the next note-taking app is going to have more real-time interactions, and fancy animations, and it's going to sync with the notes your cat takes and you can print them out once a month on this slick looking notepad that gets mailed to you.
I hate that I ended up old and cynical. I used to have starry eyes.
LISP in your notes? That's cool. For my note taking I use the great tiddlywiki. A lot of features seem to overlap with the tiddlywiki. What seems nicer is the syntax, which is cool. As a tiddlywiki user, what's the advantage of this note taking app over that one? ( https://tiddlywiki.com/ )
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?