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With all metadata? In a machine-parseable format? How easy is it to export notes right now?
We have all of the above. Export anytime. It's part of our company values. https://reflect.academy/492a5b05bc2b4538ac6d1c08c971070d
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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/
Obsidian: https://obsidian.md has been the best free (for personal use) 'second brain' app I've used so far. What's better about reflect?
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…
Reflect looks pretty nice, the convenience of a turnkey solution is attractive, and so is clearing a security audit, however, a licensed self-host solution might be appealing if open-sourcing isn't on the horizon.
I've been a reflect user since the beta, paid and then stopped. Switched to mem (never paid them) and really liked the quickness with which I can just "dump" my brain into mem. But their are not customer focused, and seeing that they kept piling on VC money, felt wrong to me. Then a friend suggested that I try Reflect again, I think after they added tasks, and I resubscribed and couldn't be happier. But I was, when t…
“Super fast”… it’s Electron
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…
Yes, we do! Just curios why this doesn't currently include files and images? Some of the most sensitive info in my notes is inside PDF, e.g. contracts.
> "We do not end-to-end encrypt things like files or images you upload" https://reflect.academy/security-and-encryption
People who are obsessed with second-brain tools often accomplish the least because they are preoccupied with optimizing the perfect setup. Notes.app FTW
My workflow is mostly:
If it's important i use my "first brain". I tend to be great at remembering stuff, which is probably also why i never really got into note taking. And yes, i still remember most phone numbers from my childhood, despite 99% of them having been out of use for a couple of decades by now :D
If i'm at my desk there is always pen & paper next to my keyboard, and anything "short term" gets noted there. That would mostly be meeting notes, questions (for meetings), and high level architecture sketches that will then go into a drawing tool at some point.
Anything else lives in Notes.app, but not as complex notes, but rather just a short sentence or link to an article on the web.
I also use the Apple Reading List for interesting articles i intend to read, but much like Pocket it is more a place where links go to die. I very rarely ever read anything i put there, so maybe i should just stop doing that :)
I have tried pretty much every "modern" note taking tool out there, including RocketBook (yes, physical), but none of them ever really "clicked" with me. Notes.app gets the job done, works well across different platforms, and integrates well into every platform i use.
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I use and really like Obsidian, but there is something about the UX that is often making me come back to Apple Notes: it feels easier/faster to create new notes, retrieve them and search in Apple Notes.
There’s too many considerations: “What should I name this note?” “What should I link this note to?” “What folder should this be under?”
I hope you get to profitability and will be able to offer something more affordable for me (and my team).
I've been a reflect user since the beta, paid and then stopped. Switched to mem (never paid them) and really liked the quickness with which I can just "dump" my brain into mem. But their are not customer focused, and seeing that they kept piling on VC money, felt wrong to me. Then a friend suggested that I try Reflect again, I think after they added tasks, and I resubscribed and couldn't be happier. But I was, when t…