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Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software

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Re: Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software

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Post by kkfx »

Nice, I do something on the same line with org-mode, however while org-mode/Emacs if far less "GUI-ish" it's an integrated environment who can be an entire desktop (EXWM) while no modern application can, and that's the biggest issue of ALL modern software the model of "OS + application" have proven to be a very bad idea for users, good only for business...

Re: Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software

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Post by AlanYx »

This is beautifully written, but they're essentially reinventing emacs with org-mode (either that, or various Smalltalk environments, especially the Glamourous Toolkit's Lepiter). They mention emacs once, but the way they characterize it doesn't do justice to the underlying paradigm.

Re: Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software

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Post by dmitriid »

People saying "this can be done with X" and listing the various combinations of tools miss the most important thing: I, the user, couldn't care less about spending time to collect and configure these separate, and often conflicting, tools into a cohesive whole.

I, the user, will always reach for something that gives me a cohesive whole out of the box.

(Note: though I like the idea of Potluck, I'll stick to regular Notes.app for now)

Re: Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software

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Post by digdugdirk »

I've often pondered the idea of something similar to this. I'd love the idea of a note taking app as relational database.

Most of my work tends to follow a few similar formats, which I would like to create as templates that pull in data based on queries for whatever project/product/task I'm currently working on. Editing the document in current view would then modify the database, while editing the templates would allow for a quick update of all files simultaneously (i.e.- generating a test plan for a physical product of type "X" would then apply to all products of type "X").

It seems like a great way to take out the annoyance of the "little stuff" by providing a boilerplate way to get ideas off the ground.

Any ideas if this already exists, or if I'm just talking crazy?

Re: Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software

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Post by rpdillon »

digdugdirk wrote: post #7

I've often pondered the idea of something similar to this. I'd love the idea of a note taking app as relational database. Most of my work tends to follow a few similar formats, which I would like to create as templates that pull in data based on queries for whatever project/product/task I'm currently working on. Editing the document in current view would then modify the database, while editing the templates would all…

I often post about Tiddlywiki on HN, so this is a bit of a repeat, but I think Tiddlywiki comes really close. I wrote a bit about it earlier in the year because it occurred to me that, with filters, it really is a database for your notes. My writeup is not complete, but hopefully gives some idea of how Tiddlywiki could be used in this way.

https://rpdillon.net/tiddlywiki-a-database-for-your-notes-20...

Re: Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software

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dmitriid wrote: post #6

People saying "this can be done with X" and listing the various combinations of tools miss the most important thing: I, the user, couldn't care less about spending time to collect and configure these separate, and often conflicting, tools into a cohesive whole. I, the user, will always reach for something that gives me a cohesive whole out of the box. (Note: though I like the idea of Potluck, I'll stick to regular No…

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