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

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Post by deafpolygon »

backscratches wrote: post #189
Oras wrote: post #44

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> There is no better interface for text than a terminal It's a personal choice that cannot be imposed on everyone. Not everyone is a developer.

Being a better version of something is an invitation, not an imposition! I'm not a developer and never have been, I study literatureand I use a modal editor for all my writing. If you've ever used Ctrl+C to copy, you've already done something harder than the core concept of modal editing. Modal editing is simpler: you press a single key, and you switch to one (of two) modes. That's it. That's the thing people find in…

> In Word, you hunt through menus for the word 'cut' or 'paste' and click it.

What you just described is discoverability. Something that terminal applications and modal editors tend to do quite poorly.

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

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Post by deafpolygon »

amai wrote: post #206
gonzalohm wrote: post #28

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If you want to bundle your images in markdown why don't you just use an HTML section with the image encoded as base64 data?

Why does every webpage not encode its images as base64 data?

load times… much easier to deliver a small html page quickly, then allow progressive downloads on images.

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

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Post by godelski »

Barbing wrote: post #301
godelski wrote: post #214

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> Most people won't pay for something if they don't have to. Sure, but most people don't need to. Only a small portion need to for the model to be viable. Scale is useful here. It doesn't work because people that make $100k+ salaries wont buy their "friend" a beer. It's not failing because a bunch of poor people don't donate. And it is viable because many things already operate this way. The most profitable ones have…

>My point is that all it takes is a mental shift from a small number of people. This isn't some "we need huge collaboration therefore it'll never happen" type of thing, this is "I can take action and have meaningful impact today" type of thing. Always good to promote these apparent small wins in case the catch on. Do suspect the shift to make, instead of hoping our psychology changes en masse: Change the model to one…

I mean whatever it takes. But these days we're fighting a huge attention and disinformation campaign that is trying to teach you that you can't make any change and overload you with a million problems. I hope it breaks soon. I hope it can't continue forever. The world has always changed, and will continue to, because of the actions of a few. A small cog in a big machine can still take down the entire machine. You don't have to do everything, but you should do something. Even if it is something small. Small to you is often big to those being helped.

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

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Post by gbro3n »

dr_kiszonka wrote: post #171
gbro3n wrote: post #149

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I open sourced https://asnotes.io - it's markdown based with wikilinking, task management, a kanban board and static site publishing. It runs locally and is Git friendly. The aim was to build something using formats and tech that is likely to stand the test of time.

Very nice! Would you have any recommendations for the leanest compatible "host"? Instead of adding this to my VSCode, I would rather use it as a separate app. Currently, I use a naked Zed install for Markdown because it launches faster than my system apps (and than Cursor, VSCode, etc.).

I haven't tested Void Editor, but I believe that's the 'leanest' vscode fork. I really should give it a try actually!

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

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Post by gbro3n »

gitgud wrote: post #267
gbro3n wrote: post #149

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I open sourced https://asnotes.io - it's markdown based with wikilinking, task management, a kanban board and static site publishing. It runs locally and is Git friendly. The aim was to build something using formats and tech that is likely to stand the test of time.

What does the AS stand for? A polite fyi, when skim reading this, it looked like it said AssNotes…

You can write your ass notes with it too if you like ;)

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Post by jlos »

bityard wrote: post #147
embedding-shape wrote: post #98

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Wait, why are you mixing the two? You can have the software be under an open source license, yet still not be a monk that has taken a vow of poverty, it's not black and white. AFAIK (as a long-term Obsidian daily user) Obsidian makes their money on various things attached to the editor/viewer itself, but don't actually charge for the editor/viewer. Even if they did, they could still slap a FOSS license on it, and con…

Reading their other comments, they are under the mistaken impression that every line of code written by a human should have a dollar sign attached to it. No consideration given that lots of people contribute voluntarily to open-source projects or even release their projects/code for free because they enjoy writing code and engaging with the broader open source or free software community.

> every line of code written by a human should have a dollar sign attached to it.

Every line of code that adds value should have some of that value should GO BACK INTO THE PROJECT.

I'm against the idea a successful product should be open source, even when you have full conrol of your data and they only charge for convenience.

Its an assinine philosophy that makes for WORSE products. Your projects would do better with revenue. More time, better marketing, other people to help.

Octave developer gave up after 25 years[0]. Instead of a robust competitor with a full team of people working on it and generational wealth for the value he created, he gave up struggling to pay bills.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13603575

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

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Post by Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe »

tsurba wrote: post #255

Joplin is open source, syncing setup between devices is one login to Dropbox, works for free, with native apps on Windows/OSX/Linux/iOS/Android. It has a bunch of plugins too. If you just need markdown files with syncing, use it rather than paying for Obsidian sync. The 2GB free quota on Dropbox is plenty enough for text (and some screenshots). Or you could self-host obviously. Git while lovely for source code is a h…

Afaik it can be synced to nextcloud out of the box too
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