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Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by bonesss »

0x696C6961 wrote: post #63
portmanteur wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given the explosion of open source released projects I've seen over the past six months, I believe developers are getting compensated by the tool they are building for themselves creating real value for them. I have a problem, I spend a few days building a tool that solves the problem, it works pretty well for me, and I release it to let others get value from it. They make tweaks to it, perhaps improve it, and I get…

The burden of OSS is dealing with PRs that you don't want to merge. The drive by bug fixes don't compensate for that.

There is no obligation to maintain, no obligation to merge. Copyright is just that, copy right, it’s not an entitlement.

Free as in beer and free as in speech means those ‘contributors’ are also free as in Linus to go fork themselves.

Don’t like it? Go fork, yourself. Want it different? Pay, money, make, it, happen. Don’t like paying? Go fork, yourself, harder.

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by zakirullin »

Ifkaluva wrote: post #127

It’s interesting to me that it says that in some versions of second brain: “Second brain grows, but first brain doesn’t get smarter.” Something I remember Tiago Forte said, which turned me off of his partículas brand of a second brain, is that his goal is to “remember nothing”, and have the second brain surface exactly the context necessary at the moment, which he would proceed to read and ingest. That sounds terribl…

Thanks!

I've been growing my knowledge base for many years, with great results.

And you really need all that much to start taking notes.

No techniques, no workflows, just the the simplest setup would do.

"Second Brain", however, brings excitement to people's minds.

But in reality it just doesn't work. It makes great sales, though.

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by falcor84 »

bachmeier wrote: post #102
himata4113 wrote: post #14

This made me realize that obsidian is *not* opensource, but in a way obsidian made me feel like it was opensource. Obviously now that I researched it, it is quite obvious that it is not, but still it 'feels' like it should be opensource.

The data is open and stored in markdown format. Plugins are open source. The core product is not open source, but it's also just an electron app. I've always viewed Obsidian as the inverse of an open core product.

> I've always viewed Obsidian as the inverse of an open core product.

I'd like to hereby propose the "open shell" development model.

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by t_mahmood »

prepend wrote: post #67

This is neat, but I need a non-server-side program for this. I want everything local and running for the next 20+ years.

Self-plug, I'm working on one, local, native, no web based ui, and minimalist. And it has no external dependency. The data is stored as simple text file, and the format is easily searchable with *nix tools.

Not going to be open source or free though, with 2 year perpetual license. I wonder how much that would interest you? My target is people who wants todo.txt like simplicity, but few useful bits. Only for Linux and Windows for now.

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by soldeace »

jlos wrote: post #82
himata4113 wrote: post #14

This made me realize that obsidian is *not* opensource, but in a way obsidian made me feel like it was opensource. Obviously now that I researched it, it is quite obvious that it is not, but still it 'feels' like it should be opensource.

Why should it be opensource? Obsidian gives you complete control of your data, which it stores in an open standard. Please explain to me why developers should act like monks who've taken a vow of poverty? The devs built something valuable, they should profit from it.

Not everyone feels comfortable running third-party opaque code in their computers.

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by bityard »

Heh, the author admitted that he got tired of what I'll call "curating metadata" in Obsidian, so wrote an app that handled more of it automatically.

My take: you probably don't need so much metadata!

I've spent an unreasonable amount of time trying to figure out the perfect knowledge management app for me and honestly, I'm pretty sure I will get a lot of mileage out of something you just throw pages into, search to find it again, and ask AI to summarize/consolidate when you need it again.

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by helterskelter »

I like the blurb about your ZK being something which can actually hold you back. I encounted the same issue myself and found that ZK is not always the best fit for me.

I find the best thing to do when studying something is to go over your material, internalize and synthesize it in an essay. If you can't create an original essay which perfectly replicates the knowledge you want to understand then you almost certainly don't understand it perfectly.

Alternatively, create a detailed flow chart using subcharts if you have to. (Graphviz/dot is good for this)

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