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Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI, I can't delete my account: Request URL: https://www.lowercase.app/api/accounts/tbeseda/ Request Method: DELETE Status Code: 404 Not Found

(co-founder) Sry about that - if you want to email lowercasehq@gmail.com I can remove and confirm for you.

Not a huge deal! I just wanted to let you know the API is broken/missing. I'm pretty settled on my note-taking set up for now, so I didn't plan to keep the account.

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

#52

Why would I use this, instead of Obsidian (say)?

For once, Obsidian publish is quite expensive.

It isn't your only option:

https://github.com/oleeskild/obsidian-digital-garden

https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz

https://github.com/jonstodle/obsius-obsidian-plugin

https://github.com/yoursamlan/pubsidian

https://github.com/ppeetteerrs/obsidian-zola

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

#53

Low-key I have been looking for something like Obsidian-but-freeish to try since a while - I think this is exactly what I searched for. Going to give it a go during the weekend definitely. On a different note, what's the long term sustainability plan? Relying on donations rarely works... I guess it's not very expensive to host text, but still, its cost is not 0. "Unlimited free forever" is either not free, doesn't la…

> Low-key I have been looking for something like Obsidian-but-freeish to try since a while

Have you tried LogSeq? I think there are a couple other FOSS similar notes apps

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

#54

Nit Pick feedback: it should read: “the right _number_ of features”, not “_amount_ of features”. Other than that, love the look of the site :)

Non native speaker here, can you detail why the later is incorrect?

Sorry, sibling responses still aren’t quite answering this correctly.

Number is for countable distinct things, and amount is for a quantity of a single thing. (Often a substance)

So a number of sticks, a number of socks, a number of people. A number of eggs.

An amount of flour, sugar, water, money, time.

A number of minutes equals an amount of time.

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

#55
I went through a bunch of note-taking apps before I settled on a git directory that's auto-synced once an hour. This bash script is all it takes.

      cd ~/notes

      if [[ ''$(git status --porcelain) ]]; then
       git stash save
       git pull --rebase
       git stash pop || true
       git add .
       git -c "user.name=Phil Kulak" -c "user.email=nope@kulak.us" commit -m "''$(date)"
       git push origin main
      else
       git pull
      fi

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

#56

Low-key I have been looking for something like Obsidian-but-freeish to try since a while - I think this is exactly what I searched for. Going to give it a go during the weekend definitely. On a different note, what's the long term sustainability plan? Relying on donations rarely works... I guess it's not very expensive to host text, but still, its cost is not 0. "Unlimited free forever" is either not free, doesn't la…

> something like Obsidian-but-freeish

I'm confused. Obsidian itself is free. You can choose to pay for their sync service if you need it, but there are alternatives for that that don't cost extra.

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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post #55

I went through a bunch of note-taking apps before I settled on a git directory that's auto-synced once an hour. This bash script is all it takes. cd ~/notes if [[ ''$(git status --porcelain) ]]; then git stash save git pull --rebase git stash pop || true git add . git -c "user.name=Phil Kulak" -c "user.email=nope@kulak.us" commit -m "''$(date)" git push origin main else git pull fi

honestly love the simplicity of this

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

#58
post #55

I went through a bunch of note-taking apps before I settled on a git directory that's auto-synced once an hour. This bash script is all it takes. cd ~/notes if [[ ''$(git status --porcelain) ]]; then git stash save git pull --rebase git stash pop || true git add . git -c "user.name=Phil Kulak" -c "user.email=nope@kulak.us" commit -m "''$(date)" git push origin main else git pull fi

Ah yes, the classic HN Dropbox response :) On a more serious note, I'm not into note-taking apps as much as your average HN'er, but there's probably a business here. If anything, Obsidian has at least been wildly successful these past few years (my dad loves it).

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

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post #55

I went through a bunch of note-taking apps before I settled on a git directory that's auto-synced once an hour. This bash script is all it takes. cd ~/notes if [[ ''$(git status --porcelain) ]]; then git stash save git pull --rebase git stash pop || true git add . git -c "user.name=Phil Kulak" -c "user.email=nope@kulak.us" commit -m "''$(date)" git push origin main else git pull fi

And sensible merge conflict resolution vs normal cloud saves.

Re: Lowercase – A simple way to take and share notes

#60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Non native speaker here, can you detail why the later is incorrect?

Sorry, sibling responses still aren’t quite answering this correctly. Number is for countable distinct things, and amount is for a quantity of a single thing. (Often a substance) So a number of sticks, a number of socks, a number of people. A number of eggs. An amount of flour, sugar, water, money, time. A number of minutes equals an amount of time.

> A number of minutes equals an amount of time

This is short and succinct and sums it up pretty well

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