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Re: Show HN: Working on a Zero-Knowledge Daily Journaling App

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Post by thewataccount »

avinassh wrote: post #16

what does Zero-knowledge mean and how it is different from end to end encrypted?

Yes, everyone started miss-using zero knowledge when they mean E2EE.

Including several password managers and companies I hoped would have known better.

Re: Show HN: Working on a Zero-Knowledge Daily Journaling App

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Post by ravishi »

soiler wrote: post #18
petesergeant wrote: post #4

I've been journaling for about 15 years now. The big key to getting consistent at it was to stop worrying about trying to write a lot, or trying to write something insightful, and just write a sentence or two at a minimum. Often, that turns into more or into something insightful.

I've been doing it only for 3 or 4 years, and this 100% lines up with my experience. There are times when I haven't been consistent, and it always comes down to feeling that "I can't do a good job of it right now, maybe later..." and then I miss that day, and miss that week, etc. I use the mobile app Pixels for journaling though. It lets the user define custom tags (I track emotions, activities, wake up time, body pa…

My current solution is to write many times a day (each hour when possible). Write short sentences with key information and then move on. Sometimes I'll edit some old entries to remove details and reduce length. The best part is that "key information" also changes, so it also ends up reflecting what was important to me at the time.

Re: Show HN: Working on a Zero-Knowledge Daily Journaling App

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Post by bbor »

Random_Person wrote: post #34
soiler wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been doing it only for 3 or 4 years, and this 100% lines up with my experience. There are times when I haven't been consistent, and it always comes down to feeling that "I can't do a good job of it right now, maybe later..." and then I miss that day, and miss that week, etc. I use the mobile app Pixels for journaling though. It lets the user define custom tags (I track emotions, activities, wake up time, body pa…

I'm glad you pointed out the tags issue. I've been using Daylio for a while now because I like doing little entries throughout my day and I initially set up a bunch of tags. Lately those tags have started to feel like a burden because I worry about missing an entry related to those tags. That burden hasn't become significant yet, but it is something that's bothering me and I could see it be an excuse later on to just…

I’ve been working on the same thing. Does anyone here have tips on how to filter/mask a given time-based data set so that it infers data where possible (i.e. if I logged one mood for the day, it’s probably safe to map that across the whole day) and ignore unrealistic data (I.e. if I logged one meal for the day, that’s probably not a useful day of data).

So far just been winging it on a case-by-case basis but curious if there’s a fundamental pattern I’m missing

Re: Show HN: Working on a Zero-Knowledge Daily Journaling App

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Post by jrib »

petesergeant wrote: post #4

I've been journaling for about 15 years now. The big key to getting consistent at it was to stop worrying about trying to write a lot, or trying to write something insightful, and just write a sentence or two at a minimum. Often, that turns into more or into something insightful.

I agree. I built a journaling habit by scheduling time for it every week. Sometimes I just don't feel like it and scribble something down. But sometimes even when I start with just a scribble, I keep going and it helps me to think through thoughts in my head.

Re: Show HN: Working on a Zero-Knowledge Daily Journaling App

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Post by dewey »

SakiWatanabe wrote: post #43

Why not just use Day One, it is already end to end encrypted.

I only recently started using Day One and was always a bit worried that it's some random company but turns out they got aquired by Automaticc (Wordpress, Tumblr) which made me feel a lot better about the decision.

https://dayoneapp.com/blog/the-next-chapter-of-day-one-at-au...

Re: Show HN: Working on a Zero-Knowledge Daily Journaling App

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Post by turnsout »

It feels like the Venn diagram of 1) people who know what "Zero Knowledge" is and 2) would be willing to create an account on a web service to store their writing… would look like two circles that don't touch.

I wonder if this would do better as an open source native mobile app?

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