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Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by riffic »

grantc wrote: post #30
riffic wrote: post #7

how do I get something like this but in VSC or Obsidian? or to come at a slightly different angle, is anyone working on a version of this sort of product that can be self-hosted?

I'd recommend exploring Obsidian. It's inherently self-hosted : it's just local markdown files (but you can sync via git or their for-pay sync service). The plugin community is large and it has some of the best extensibility going. My suggested starting point (others' may be superior): switch to Minimal theme plus watch a few videos (search for 'my obsidian setup' and you'll find a broad range of fairly different tak…

nice, thank you. I've had Obsidian installed since its release and have been using it off and on but something about my own workflow has always kept it at quite an "almost there level" but never approaching something I'm 100% invested in.

The only reason I ask about self-hosted options would be to roll this kind of software out within a group environment.

Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by ngneer »

slickdork wrote: post #34
maccaw wrote: post #6

Woah, cool to see Reflect on HN. I started Reflect a few years ago. We're building it as a lifestyle company. There's only four of us. We bootstrapped for a while, and then did a $1m crowdfund. Now our goal is to get to profitability, and we're half-way there. Product wise, our goal is to make something beautiful, fast, secure - that just works out the box. We're end-to-encrypted, which I think this crowd will apprec…

Your product claims to be end to end encrypted. Since it is closed source, do you plan on providing any proof via a third-party security audit?

We only ask because we have been burned in the past. For the existence of encryption to comfort a security savvy crowd, we often need to see that it was implemented correctly, as there are far too many ways of getting it wrong than there are of getting it right. I would not worry about it too much, though. Once the product is successful you can go back and rethink, like Zoom did. Sad, but true.

Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by yellow_postit »

r2b2 wrote: post #20
karl_gluck wrote: post #12

For years I’ve been pouring through all the apps/platforms like this, but after being burned too many times I am (incredibly) reluctant to tie my second brain to a box that will lock itself unless I pay. Even if it’s just an interface, it’s too disruptive when my whole workflow is upended by a service getting bought/shutting down/“upgrading” to break old features/increases fees. I see a “free trial”. That plus the la…

I also felt this way (jumping from tool to tool) until I found Obsidian, which is just sugar on top of markdown files and normal folders: https://obsidian.md

I’ve really enjoyed Logseq and found the structure to better match how I think and structure notes.

That it has a less rabid community and plug-ins than Obsidian is also a plus imo.

Has been great seeing so much iteration in this space.

https://logseq.com/

Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by dmix »

I use https://ticktick.com/ for this and I'm 100% happy after years of jumping between GTD style apps (OmniFocus combined with Obsidian being a close 2nd). Todo lists, markdown notes, and a calendar. 3 critical organization apps combined in the same interface, all I need.

$10/m seems steep for this sort of thing. Premium on TickTick is $27/yr and optional.

Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by SkyPuncher »

Question for anyone who uses this or similar knowledge management tools. Besides a fancy interface and visualizations, what do you get?

I really want to like this tools, but I've found they all suffer from some major problems: It requires a lot of detail to capture thoughts accurately. I've always ended up in a situation where:

* I can capture the "complete picture" of my thoughts, but the notes/visualizations are basically useless. The details are missing.

* I cycle into the details, then loose track of the bigger picture.

Combine this with the fact that all of these things are basically fancy notebooks, I find they don't offer enough opinion to be useful.

Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by Xeoncross »

maccaw wrote: post #15
karl_gluck wrote: post #12

For years I’ve been pouring through all the apps/platforms like this, but after being burned too many times I am (incredibly) reluctant to tie my second brain to a box that will lock itself unless I pay. Even if it’s just an interface, it’s too disruptive when my whole workflow is upended by a service getting bought/shutting down/“upgrading” to break old features/increases fees. I see a “free trial”. That plus the la…

I totally agree. In fact, that's the entire reason we didn't raise venture capital, because that would have forced an 'exit' (which typically means an acquihire/getting shut down). I'm sick of seeing otherwise good businesses ruined because they raised VC without a good reason to. Our goals are modest, we're just trying to create a sustainable business. We're currently half-way towards profitability, and are on track…

That's great to hear, but if someone offers you a substantial chunk of change I'd hate to get proficient at software that will stop working in 60 days.

On-boarding to new tools has a cost.

Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by Shank »

dmix wrote: post #44

I use https://ticktick.com/ for this and I'm 100% happy after years of jumping between GTD style apps (OmniFocus combined with Obsidian being a close 2nd). Todo lists, markdown notes, and a calendar. 3 critical organization apps combined in the same interface, all I need. $10/m seems steep for this sort of thing. Premium on TickTick is $27/yr and optional.

Assuming we trust TickTick and Reflect equally and both implementations are perfect, Reflect is E2EE, whereas TickTick:

> All the databases and servers are hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the United States. We make extensive use of their built-­in firewalls to protect your data against unauthorized remote access and to support continuous monitoring for potential vulnerabilities. User data, including task details, account information and payment details, are all stored and encrypted at rest.

> TickTick reserves the right to hold onto the data and not turn it over to any third parties. We will never share your data with third parties without your prior permission. Although we own the databases and all rights to the application, you retain all rights to your data.

Strictly speaking, the price difference includes a substantial security upgrade (among other things).

Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by Buttons840 »

goosinmouse wrote: post #37
Buttons840 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing is "fattening", because you can lose fat while eating any one thing. You can lose weight while only eating lasagna, thus, it is not necessarily fattening. But in general I agree, saying "I ate lasagna" could be 400 calories, or it could be 2400 calories. However, a calorie estimating AI could be useful if it indicates a level of uncertainty. You list "lasagna", and the AI estimates it's 1200 calories, plus or…

in my opinion that is adding AI for the sake of AI. If you're making homemade lasagna it takes a minute to add the ingredients you used to get a very accurate calorie count. There's really no way AI can do it better and more accurate.

Truth is though, I often skip logging calories because it's a PITA to do it. I have to scan the package, but I already threw the package away or it's dirty or covered in blood. I have to weigh things, but the food scale is in the other room, and I already mixed the ingredients. It's just a lot of extra steps to log calories using the currently available apps; I don't think I've ever logged a meal with less than 20 clicks. Removing small annoyances like this is what good apps are made of.

Re: Reflect – App for recording and connecting notes, ideas and contacts

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Post by dmix »

Shank wrote: post #48
dmix wrote: post #44

I use https://ticktick.com/ for this and I'm 100% happy after years of jumping between GTD style apps (OmniFocus combined with Obsidian being a close 2nd). Todo lists, markdown notes, and a calendar. 3 critical organization apps combined in the same interface, all I need. $10/m seems steep for this sort of thing. Premium on TickTick is $27/yr and optional.

Assuming we trust TickTick and Reflect equally and both implementations are perfect, Reflect is E2EE, whereas TickTick: > All the databases and servers are hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the United States. We make extensive use of their built-­in firewalls to protect your data against unauthorized remote access and to support continuous monitoring for potential vulnerabilities. User data, including task detai…

Meh I'm not storing sensitive information in my todo lists and notes (and my calendar is entirely uninteresting) where that threat model concerns me much.

I would certainly prefer such a feature but that's not worth paying 4.5x as much money every month. I'd rather keep sensitive notes stored on my local machine or in Bitwarden if I need remote access.

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