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Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by raizu »

Every thread I have seen here on HN that presents another bloated Electron app seems to be filled with criticism, and I must admit that this restores my faith in humanity. If the consensus was that Electron apps is a good thing and we need more of them, it would be very depressing.

I do think the criticism is productive, because it's usually not targeted against the developer or the app idea, but that it's built on the Electron framework. Maybe many developers using Electron do not have much experience and it seems like a good idea in their heads. In this case criticism is helpful because the developer will learn that Electron is bad and should be avoided.

A crude analogy: If I was driving on an divided highway in the wrong lane without knowing, I would be very grateful if the first car I met in the opposite lane would use the horn and blink the lights to get my attention so I could immediately stop and turn around.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by uziar »

Every thread I have seen here on HN that presents another bloated Electron app seems to be filled with criticism, and I must admit that this restores my faith in humanity. If the consensus was that Electron apps is a good thing and we need more of them, it would be very depressing.

I do think the criticism is productive, because it's usually not targeted against the developer or the app idea, but that it's built on the Electron framework. Maybe many developers using Electron do not have much experience and it seems like a good idea in their heads. In this case criticism is helpful because the developer will learn that Electron is bad and should be avoided.

A crude analogy: If I was driving on an divided highway in the wrong lane without knowing, I would be very grateful if the first car I met in the opposite lane would use the horn and blink the lights to get my attention so I could immediately stop and turn around.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

#154

Post by rounce »

lettersdigits wrote: post #54

> https://github.com/KELiON/cerebro/blob/master/app/AppUpdater... : > export default class AppUpdater { ...... why is this a class ? just so it can auto-exececute without being called ? i would prefer an 'export default function init(){ // init code'

Not even. `export default new class ...` would be 'equivalent' to an IIFE; using CommonJS module caching to produce singleton behaviour. This should just export a function. That's it.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by mattalbie »

laurieg wrote: post #76
flocial wrote: post #13

I wish siri would let me type queries. Having "information at your fingertips" really kills productivity for me. I need long stretches away from twitch reactions to "what's the capital of Uganda?" type of intrusive thoughts. I'd honestly pay for a "2 click" browser extension where you only get to make two clicks on any link per hour for a given domain on a blacklist of time sinks during certain hours.

Forgive me if you aren't looking for advice, but I recommend a distraction notebook: Keep a small notebook beside you and promise yourself you are going to focus on the topic at hand for a period of time. When a thought, question or search topic pops into your brain, write it in the notebook. When you have some free time you can pick up the notebook at look up all those things. Of course, I often find that coming bac…

I've done the same thing! It's been really useful in getting rid of the distracting urge to answer every thought that jumps into your mind.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by petrbela »

emsy wrote: post #7
fredsir wrote: post #4

MacOS, and Linux, and Windows? Let me guess: it's some web-electron-app-native-things, right? Yes it is. Not gonna replace (native) Alfred for me, no.

I once was a fan of electron until I ran some apps on a low end surface with little disk space. Something like react native for the desktop could become a huge success.

There's https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos for OSX and, as mentioned, also Microsoft's https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows for Win10/UWP

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by nathancahill »

Not as polished, but I wrote something similar that leverages Google or DuckDuckGo on top of Hammerspoon. If you're in to little tweaks like this to boost your productivity on a Mac, definitely check out Hammerspoon. Hammerspoon is quite light, and runs on Lua.

Here's my version, Anycomplete: http://github.com/nathancahill/Anycomplete/

And the Show HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13065670

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

#158

Post by pikzen »

kbar13 wrote: post #148
pikzen wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

rm -rf ~/cerebro-electron && mkdir ~/cerebro && touch main.cpp is a valid option, right?

you're so edgy it's actually insane. i want you to reply to this message with your age.

Only if you promise to not cut yourself on that edge.

I feel like "want" is a strong word though. I don't exactly believe you've earned any right to get personal information. I'll give you a hint though, it's over 25.

In all seriousness though, when HN lives in a safe space where being told your work is shit isn't accepted, what other answers do I have aside from being snarky? It's okay to be told your work is shit. It's better when you're told why it's shit, sure. But that's not a judgement on you, as a person. It's about your work. It's shit. And it's fine, no hard feelings. Start over, you'll maybe do it better.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by thisisblurry »

nkg wrote: post #145
unhammer wrote: post #17

There are quite a few of these Quicksilver-clones these days: * Ulauncher http://ulauncher.io/ * Albert https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert#albert- * Synapse https://launchpad.net/synapse-project * Kupfer https://kupferlauncher.github.io/ * Zazu http://zazuapp.org/ * M-x counsel-linux-app http://oremacs.com/2016/03/16/counsel-linux-app/ I've tried a couple, but I always end up back to Alt+F2 in XFCE, since most…

Anyone remembers that Firefox extension ? I can't remember its name but it also had about the same funcitonalities.

Ubiquity? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox)

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by flocial »

laurieg wrote: post #76
flocial wrote: post #13

I wish siri would let me type queries. Having "information at your fingertips" really kills productivity for me. I need long stretches away from twitch reactions to "what's the capital of Uganda?" type of intrusive thoughts. I'd honestly pay for a "2 click" browser extension where you only get to make two clicks on any link per hour for a given domain on a blacklist of time sinks during certain hours.

Forgive me if you aren't looking for advice, but I recommend a distraction notebook: Keep a small notebook beside you and promise yourself you are going to focus on the topic at hand for a period of time. When a thought, question or search topic pops into your brain, write it in the notebook. When you have some free time you can pick up the notebook at look up all those things. Of course, I often find that coming bac…

Thank you, I actually do something like this. If I get stuck writing I'll write out all the scatter brained thoughts into a catch all file.

Otherwise, I try to create separate physical spaces for various tasks and try to practice mindfulness in general. It will always be an ongoing process though.

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