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Show HN: Txxt.app – an ultra simple SMS notepad

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Post by izaidi » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 9:49 PM UTC

Show HN: Txxt.app – an ultra simple SMS notepad
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Post by sprobertson » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 6:20 AM UTC

I dig the aesthetic.

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#3

Post by jshawl » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 12:55 PM UTC

Please charge money for this. I’d pay ~$20USD for an export option and reminders to leave a note. I love the onboarding. Extremely minimal but very effective. Web sockets are a nice touch.

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#4

Post by yashau » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 3:00 PM UTC

Is there no way to delete notes?

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#5

Post by jotato » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 4:42 PM UTC

I usually just txt notes to myself. This is a great replacement. Love it!

1. Can I delete notes?

2. Can it send me reminders?

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Post by jajoosam » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 5:22 PM UTC

This is really cool - love the look. I built something comparable to this for telegram a while ago - https://writt.glitch.me

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Post by izaidi » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 5:50 PM UTC

jotato wrote: post #5

I usually just txt notes to myself. This is a great replacement. Love it! 1. Can I delete notes? 2. Can it send me reminders?

Hey, glad you like it!

Edit/delete capability is definitely the next thing I'll add, likely in the next day or two.

Reminders are something I've been thinking about... I wasn't sure how useful it would be to someone who already uses Siri / Alexa / Google Home, but it'd definitely be useful to me (someone who uses none of those things). I do like the simplicity of requesting a reminder and then just getting a text at a certain time. There are probably other kinds of "magic words" I could build into it to make it sort of an SMS-based command line.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

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Post by bartcobain » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 6:38 PM UTC

Is this a worldwide service or US-only?

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Post by izaidi » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 6:59 PM UTC

bartcobain wrote: post #9

Is this a worldwide service or US-only?

It should work in nearly all countries -- anywhere that Twilio can send SMS messages. The app's number is based in North America so there might be international texting charges depending on your provider, but I'm planning to set up more numbers based in different regions.