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Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

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Re: Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

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Post by kevinslin »

mynameismon wrote: post #28
kevinslin wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're right - Dendron has a lot of similarities with Obsidian. A lot of our users come from people looking for open source obsidian alternatives. Our main differentiator is our focus on structure - we let users create their own taxonomies using "Dendron schemas" which they can use to both document and change their note hierarchies over time. A big focus in Dendron: how do you continue working with your knowledge bas…

Considering you are YC backed, are there any plans for monetisations that you would be willing to share? Because (as another comment said) notes apps are dime a dozen, and there doesn't seem much that differntiates you from Obsidian (which already has a revenue stream)

Yep. we actually share almost everything in terms of source code and strategy. For business plan, see https://handbook.dendron.so/notes/f6d9bc09-04b7-4a02-a6aa-a2...

Re: Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

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Post by angryasian »

hyperupcall wrote: post #32

This is exactly what I'm looking for! After creating hundreds of markdown notes with Obsidian, it became rather hard to sift through and query knowledge. I can't wait to try Dendron out!

thank you for the Obsidian recommendation.

Re: Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

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Post by kevinslin »

amichail wrote: post #35

Why not TeXmacs instead of VSCode? That way, you would have a WYSIWYG note taking system.

VSCode also supports WYSIWYG using either webviews or their custom editor API. that's actually something we're looking to implement soon!

Re: Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

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Post by kevinslin »

jaequery wrote: post #36

how well does it handle media files? i find embedding media especially screenshots to be getting more and more of an important aspect of note-taking.

builtin support currently for images - we have a command to insert a copied image into an asset folder and link to it in Dendron. we also have custom syntax for controlling image styling (https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/a91fd8da-6895-49fe-8164-a17acd...)

for other assets, we current recommend that you drop into the assets folder and link to them. vscode provides a bunch of extensions that let you preview different assets (eg. mp4, pdf, etc)

Re: Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

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Post by kevinslin »

hyperupcall wrote: post #32

This is exactly what I'm looking for! After creating hundreds of markdown notes with Obsidian, it became rather hard to sift through and query knowledge. I can't wait to try Dendron out!

Awesome, let me know how it goes. We have an obsidian to dendron guide here -> https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/f9b4fc21-7613-4c8a-9257-cec4c0...

Re: Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

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Post by kevinslin »

angryasian wrote: post #34
hyperupcall wrote: post #32

This is exactly what I'm looking for! After creating hundreds of markdown notes with Obsidian, it became rather hard to sift through and query knowledge. I can't wait to try Dendron out!

thank you for the Obsidian recommendation.

obsidian is a great app and they have an excellent mobile client. if you ever want to explore the structural components of Dendron while using Obsidian, you can as we interop on most features
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