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Dendron: A personal knowledge management solution built on VS Code

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Re: Dendron: A personal knowledge management solution built on VS Code

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Post by faizmokhtar »

jlkuester7 wrote: post #16

I really wanted to like this the last time I gave it a try, but it just did not do it for me. I though I would like it being a VS Code plugin since "why reinvent a .md editor", but the end result felt pretty janky. Plenty of power features, but they were not particularly intuitive to use.... I ended up finding https://logseq.com/ and have been very happy using that as a local application! I really like its balance of…

Thanks for recommending logseg. Going to give it a try.

I've been using Dendron mostly because of the search feature and the ability to publish it on web but I didn't really like the experience of editing my notes on VS Code. Seems like logseg have similar feature as well.

Re: Dendron: A personal knowledge management solution built on VS Code

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Post by kevinslin »

jlkuester7 wrote: post #16

I really wanted to like this the last time I gave it a try, but it just did not do it for me. I though I would like it being a VS Code plugin since "why reinvent a .md editor", but the end result felt pretty janky. Plenty of power features, but they were not particularly intuitive to use.... I ended up finding https://logseq.com/ and have been very happy using that as a local application! I really like its balance of…

sorry dendron didn't work out. was there anything specific that felt "janky"? we've had lots of updates on general ux (see https://buttondown.email/dendron/archive/) and are continuing to focus on that this year. that being said, logseq is also a great tool. a bunch of folks use both dendron and logseq in tandem

Re: Dendron: A personal knowledge management solution built on VS Code

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Post by kevinslin »

sam_lowry_ wrote: post #9

I was once involved in Topic Maps, a failed ISO standard that was challenged Semantic Web at some point. One thing I remember is the tacit knowledge that all kinds of mind maps are useful on the spot to the person who writes them. Communicating anything via mind maps is difficult, and they become unintelligible even to authors very quickly.

Totally agree that mind maps are hard to scale out, either across time or people. This is why Dendron focuses on helping folks create consistent structures (we call them schemas) to help map out their knowledge base. Think of it as a type system for organizing your notes. More details on that here (https://nesslabs.com/dendron-featured-tool) if curious

Re: Dendron: A personal knowledge management solution built on VS Code

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Post by kevinslin »

kumpelblase2 wrote: post #5

This has been a Show HN/Launch HN before: (Launch) Nov 2021, 85 Comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29176158 (Show) Mar 2021, 84 Comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26491764 (Show) Oct 2020, 168 Comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24898373

I think one reason Dendron (and generally PKM topics) resonates on HN is because fundamentally, we haven't figured out "information architecture for humans"

Google works for the internet but we don't have an equivalent for PKM or TKM (team knowledge management). This is why we build Dendron (more details at https://blog.dendron.so/notes/N9VxT7G5SovmncezBAGO2.html)

Re: Dendron: A personal knowledge management solution built on VS Code

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Post by kevinslin »

thecrumb wrote: post #40

I still like Notable - easy to use and cross platform: https://notable.app/

notable is great! generally, anything that comes down to plaintext markdown is great because of data portability and the ability to apply existing tools over your data :)
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