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Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by ayewo »

rtkwe wrote: post #59
lihaoyi wrote: post #20

I've had a pretty good experience offering bounties on my own projects: - https://github.com/orgs/com-lihaoyi/discussions/6 If you look at that thread, you'll see I've paid out quite a lot in bounties, somewhere around 50-60kUSD (the amount is not quite precise, because some bounties I completed myself without paying, and others I paid extra when the work turned out to be more than expected). In exchange, I did manag…

Is this the standard way to do bounties, where you take applications and then choose someone to attempt the bounty? I always thought you'd just state the requirements and the bounty and then screen the submissions and chose a winner. Granted this does feel a bit less like asking for spec work so I can see why they might have chosen to go this way instead of generically accepting bounties.

It's not a standard way to do it. Different projects adopt different approaches.

I posted a list of projects offering bounties elsewhere [1] in the thread.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45278787

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by dfee »

kepano wrote: post #47
dfee wrote: post #43

My obsidian is slow to start on my phone (~30s, latest iPhone) and even on my computer it’s ~10s. I probably have 1000 notes, no back links, and I’m using the Vim extension and the default theme. It uses iCloud backup. I can’t figure out why it’s so damn slow. But also, how is it any better than Notion at that point?

It sounds like iCloud's automatic offloading "feature" which deletes your local files and re-downloads them as needed. Go to the iCloud folder for Obsidian and set it to "Keep downloaded".

Wow. I think this is the answer! Thanks!

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by jitl »

dtkav wrote: post #58
jitl wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(I work at Notion and built the html exporter during my hiring process work trial in 2019, opinion is my own) I would love to two-way sync Notion Obsidian vault. Notion is focused on online collaboration, Obsidian is focused on file-over-app personal software customization; there’s so much Obsidian can do especially with plugins that Notion isn’t able to address. If we can make the two work together even if it’s not…

In the age of Claude Code having real-time collaboration + local-first markdown + easy to write custom plugins is the future. It makes no sense to lock up your documents in a saas product that gatekeeps your access to using AI on your own documents. That's why I've been working Relay [0] - a privacy-preserving local-first collaboration plugin for Obsidian. Our customers really like being able to self-host Relay Serve…

We offer Notion MCP since most users prefer the ease of GUI, but agree that Claude code CLI + markdown files is handy. If we had the Obsidian md style sync we could sync to an obsidian vault in a Git repo just as well. We have lots of docs in Notion as you might imagine and having them synced into the git repo could improve their hit rate w Claude and all the other menagerie of code agents without needing to hook them all up w MCP and waste time on remote tool calls.

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by chatmasta »

srid wrote: post #56
count wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having more money than free time but still wanting a thing to get done. Lots of folks pay good money for hobbies (video games, golf fees, bicycle purchases, etc.).

Can you deduct these expenditures fully in income tax?

You could deduct them if you have a corporation with some reasonable claim to the IP behind the projects, or a clear business reason for needing the features. There’s probably no clear settled tax law on the specific topic, but I’m sure it would pass an audit as long as there isn’t some egregiously obvious non-business related work being bountied.

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by koliber »

jitl wrote: post #53
NalNezumi wrote: post #51

Several years ago I made a bare metal notion to obsidian conversion scripts. At the time there wasn't any Bases available so databases was just turned in to csv table. It was relatively simple, no dependency python script and just export your notion notes as a zips of markdowns and then check every file to fix linking and the weird naming (with some caveat that not all links are properly exported to markdown links by…

(I work at Notion and built the html exporter during my hiring process work trial in 2019, opinion is my own) I would love to two-way sync Notion Obsidian vault. Notion is focused on online collaboration, Obsidian is focused on file-over-app personal software customization; there’s so much Obsidian can do especially with plugins that Notion isn’t able to address. If we can make the two work together even if it’s not…

I love Notion but the API leaves a bit to be desired. To build a 2 way sync the API should allow the same functionality that the UI offers. Right now there are some easy things I can’t figure out how to do in the API:

- add a date tag to a text block

- create a code block longer than 2000 characters

- set a code block to wrap

This is based on very limited interaction but it feels like I’ve hit many snags early on. I imagine things get harder when you get into some of the more advanced or newer functionality.

Please invest in the API. I will only love Notion more.

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by jitl »

koliber wrote: post #66
jitl wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(I work at Notion and built the html exporter during my hiring process work trial in 2019, opinion is my own) I would love to two-way sync Notion Obsidian vault. Notion is focused on online collaboration, Obsidian is focused on file-over-app personal software customization; there’s so much Obsidian can do especially with plugins that Notion isn’t able to address. If we can make the two work together even if it’s not…

I love Notion but the API leaves a bit to be desired. To build a 2 way sync the API should allow the same functionality that the UI offers. Right now there are some easy things I can’t figure out how to do in the API: - add a date tag to a text block - create a code block longer than 2000 characters - set a code block to wrap This is based on very limited interaction but it feels like I’ve hit many snags early on. I…

Check out Notion's MCP. It's more capable in some ways than the existing JSON api, although documentation for humans is a bit scarce because it's brand new.
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