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Re: Show HN: Writedown - Open Source Markdown Diary

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Post by NayamAmarshe »

MrBruh wrote: post #22
scarface_74 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It said in the title it was open source. The code is here : https://github.com/NayamAmarshe/writedown The link was on the front page of the submitted page.

The source (is cool to have) but it does not include any installation instructions in the slightest. Also it sounds like you would still need to "sign in" even if you built it from source.

I have updated the instructions. Will also create a docker image soon :)

Re: Show HN: Writedown - Open Source Markdown Diary

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Post by NayamAmarshe »

anaganisk wrote: post #16
NayamAmarshe wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the privacy front, we're never going to compromise the user data, never going to sell it, never going to share it with anybody else. We'll be making writedown self-hostable as well. On the security front, we're using firebase firestore as the database. So at rest, it's well encrypted. We're thinking of introducing some sort of encryption via passwords (kinda how I already am doing it on https://maglit.me ). E2EE w…

The problem with Firebase I've seen is not the E2EE but rather the ACLs being set. There have been 10s of websites that were exposed to public, that have been exposed in the recent past. Not to claim you are doing something wrong, just a caution to anyone who uses firebase.

Yes, you're not wrong. The Firebase rules have to be perfect for the app to be secure. Thanks for the heads-up, we'll make sure our rules are perfect :)

Re: Show HN: Writedown - Open Source Markdown Diary

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Post by FireInsight »

I use logseq for my diaries. https://logseq.com/

It's very powerful, but really doesn't feel that way. Each day I open it, it creates a new YYYY-MM-DD.md and shows it to me. All content is MD lists (or "blocks") and can be individually tagged with #hashtags. When there's a certain topic I wrote about, say writing down a dream I had, I tag the top-level block with #dream. Then I can write under it as I please. All such blocks will be visible on the #dream page, with the correct dates visible.

It's very easy to wrap my head around. I just write, outliner style, whatever I'm thinking of and want to write down. Never need to create a new page, always just directly to writing. Earlier dates can be found by just scrolling down.

I don't know why anyone with the technical knowhow to use a notetaking tool that's just a folder with markdown files would use a journaling app on some server somewhere. Syncing is very easily handled, too, with something like Syncthing or Dropbox.

Re: Show HN: Writedown - Open Source Markdown Diary

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Post by jslakro »

talloaktrees wrote: post #3

I like this a lot, can you talk about what you are doing to protect user's private data? that's something I'd want to be convinced about before I use it.

I implemented something similar in the past, in terms of storing user-generated content and found this barrier, the privacy. Although I tried to use google docs with encrypted data for guaranteing integrity, there is no way to demostrate to the user that a third party server (the app server, which actually connects to google docs api) is not manipulating its data.

Re: Show HN: Writedown - Open Source Markdown Diary

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Post by quaintdev »

NayamAmarshe wrote: post #2

Hiya Hackers! For the past few months, I've been working on writedown ( https://writedown.app , https://github.com/NayamAmarshe/writedown ). A free and open source markdown editor that focuses on UI and UX. It's made to be simple and beautiful but still powerful. writedown has live markdown preview (option to disable this also coming soon), offline support, PWA and cloud sync. You can also share your posts with other…

What do you use for syncing notes?

Re: Show HN: Writedown - Open Source Markdown Diary

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Post by hamdouni »

Good job !

Glad to see yet another tools in this overcrowded field. It confirms my choice to never use one and stick to a text editor like neovim : key M-J to open a daily file, type in what ever I want and abuse using search and grep via telescope to navigate.

Flat files are easy to sync and mine follow me since 2013.

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