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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 nopenopenopeno »

throwaway675309 wrote: post #67
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…

I'm strongly considering moving away from Obsidian to Logseq, obsidian just has some limitations that I think I can work around in Logseq (insufficient syntax highlighting due to old integrated version of prismjs being one issue for ex). I have sincere doubts that Obsidian will ever go open source.

any other limitations? syntax highlighting sounds like a very easy one for them to fix.

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

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Post by xmprt »

throwaway675309 wrote: post #67
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…

I'm strongly considering moving away from Obsidian to Logseq, obsidian just has some limitations that I think I can work around in Logseq (insufficient syntax highlighting due to old integrated version of prismjs being one issue for ex). I have sincere doubts that Obsidian will ever go open source.

Obsidian not going open source is a big reason I'm apprehensive to start using it.

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

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Post by alwillis »

bsenftner wrote: post #33
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.

Reminds me of the Apple spin-out name Kalida (sp?) that tried to promote a "personalized programming language" called ScriptX allowing each developer to define their own personal language syntax and write code in that. I was floored something so dumb would get a complete corporate spin-out, developers and the full rah-rah marketing push. Once developed and available, people quickly found nobody could share or even re…

You're thinking of Kaleida Labs, the corporation that was co-owned by Apple and IBM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleida_Labs.

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

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Post by earleybird »

sporedro wrote: post #29
bberenberg wrote: post #23

Is there an app this where the editor is WYSIWYG but the storage format is Markdown? Almost like Confluence from a UI perspective but for a personal KB?

Take a look at Joplin, it had a WYIWYG editor and normal editor. It’s like an open source Evernote.

1+ for Joplin - been running it a couple of years now syncing to self hosted Nextcloud.

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

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Post by ImpressiveWebs »

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

And whoever posted it put a second slash at the end of the URL, apparently to trick the HN system into allowing it to be posted again. I’m not saying I care, I’m just pointing out that it seems like that’s what was done, because I believe you can only post a link again after a certain time has passed.

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

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Post by thelittleone »

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.

Agree with this, at the same time I find the simple act of writing the notes or a mind map helps with retention even if they're unreadable later on.
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