5 pointsby katspaugha month ago2 comments
  • jannesblobela month ago
    Nice project! I’m always interested in new note‑takers because I haven’t found one that really fits my workflow yet.

    As @_mig5 mentioned, having version control with history tracking would be amazing — and an agent mode could be really cool too.

    • katspaugha month ago
      Thank you! Great idea about revisions, will definitely add this!

      Regarding AI, I was thinking about this as well. Perhaps for feedback/reflection on your notes, or to summarize longer periods and look for behaviorial patterns over weeks/months/years. What would you implement an agent mode for?

      • jannesblobela month ago
        Please excuse the late reply; notifications at HN could be significantly better.

        For example, for writing a blog post, if I only want to write down notes, meeting notes, etc.

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  • _mig5a month ago
    Really nice work! Seems super clean and efficient.

    I don't want to do a 'look at my tool, it's better' comment (it's not better!) - but per your request for feedback, I just wanted to mention a (sort of) similar project I've been recently working on: https://git.mig5.net/mig5/bouquin, and it might give you some ideas for taking yours further:

    Some similarities:

    - 'one note per day' design

    - days with notes have a visual 'marker' in the calendar

    - full encryption at rest

    But there are some big differences:

    - It's a Qt GUI app (not web based, no syncing)

    - It does a lot of other things (document storage, time logging, invoicing etc)

    I mention it only because I implemented a few things based on feedback for my own app, that I could see would be useful in yours! Those suggestions are:

    - Live markdown syntax (I couldn't use # or * or other Markdown symbols in your app, and that's a pretty popular option, for formatting)

    - Version control of notes (in Bouquin, every change auto-saves and there is a sort of 'git diff' version interface that allows reverting to an earlier version)

    - Tagging and search

    - Perhaps support images

    - Code blocks (this is kind of the same as the markdown idea, but syntax highlighting would be a huge win)

    One other rather obscure bit of feedback I got for my app, was for people who use it as a 'TODO' planner: for items that were left 'unchecked' (incomplete) at the end of the day, I managed to make it move those items automatically to the next day, to help carry across unfinished work. I was sceptical at first, but it surprisingly useful once implemented!

    Anyway, well done! Looking forward to seeing what comes next!

    • katspaugha month ago
      Awesome, thanks so much!

      Bouquin looks like a very comprehensive tool, I'll give it a deeper look!

      And I will definitely work on those improvements, they seem like must-haves w/o compromizing the minimalist approach I took.

      Thanks again and all the best!