amie.ai

Productivity

graph-based note taking

SHOW HN2018

171points
53comments
#223of 2,155 in 2018
Top 11%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

4 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.

Design: 1 for, 5 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 against

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Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Graph view for Jupyter-style experiments is a good idea

    From 2 comments
    • I've been waiting for a graph view for Jupyter since it was called IPython. This is great!
      higginsc on HN
    • I've been working on a similar project for a bit now, really think this is a good idea and good job for shipping!
      totony on HN

Objections

  • Live demo is confusing and overwhelming on the landing page

    From 2 comments
    • The live demo is a really neat detail, but it can be overwhelming for an uninitiated user. I first didn't even notice it was a live demo until my mouse was over it and I wanted…
      rsp1984 on HN
    • I think the live demo is awesome! I think you should keep it. But: it also took me a while to see that it is interactive. There should be a big label "Live Demo" above it (the…
      jakobegger on HN
  • Cookie required and blank page without cookies or with blockers

    From 3 comments
    • Why do I need to allow your cookie just to view your landing page?
      gdfasfklshg4 on HN
    • But you can't tell that without allowing the cookie - you just get a login prompt and 'not allowed to view this resource'.
      OJFord on HN
    • Not very well I'm afraid. Firefox/uBlock/noScript just results in a blank page.
      dmolony on HN
  • Unclear value versus existing tools

    From 2 comments
    • The live demo is a really neat detail, but it can be overwhelming for an uninitiated user. I first didn't even notice it was a live demo until my mouse was over it and I wanted…
      rsp1984 on HN
    • Could you give more info on how this is better (or when this is better) than an ordinary notebook like evernote. I read through the homepage and found this: > which lets you…
      jonahx on HN
  • Does not work well on small screens

    From 2 comments
    • The "need more pixels" message is quite frustrating. I get that it might be not practical to support small resolutions, but I was unable to see the demo even on "desktop mode" in…
      Frizi on HN
    • Supposedly this is for any device, but it doesn't work well on my cell phone. The interactive demo says "not enough pixels" and the chat widget gets in the way. For smaller…
      skybrian on HN

Requests

  • Version control access

    From 1 comment
    • Have you considered adding version control to this?
      ylem on HN
  • Video or images instead of live demo

    From 2 comments
    • The live demo is a really neat detail, but it can be overwhelming for an uninitiated user. I first didn't even notice it was a live demo until my mouse was over it and I wanted…
      rsp1984 on HN
    • The "need more pixels" message is quite frustrating. I get that it might be not practical to support small resolutions, but I was unable to see the demo even on "desktop mode" in…
      Frizi on HN
  • Browser support beyond Chrome and Safari

    From 1 comment
    • The layout looks weird in firefox, did you only test with chrome?
      fs111 on HN

Questions

  • How is it different from notebooks like Evernote or Jupyter

    From 2 comments
    • Could you give more info on how this is better (or when this is better) than an ordinary notebook like evernote. I read through the homepage and found this: > which lets you…
      jonahx on HN
    • Is this intended to be a notebook in the jupyter sense or in the evernote sense? Initially I thought the former (and so pretty much discounted the possibility of using it as a…
      scarcely on HN
  • How it compares to CodaLab

    From 1 comment
    • Apologize, but I'm super confused about this product. How is this compared to say codalab (https://worksheets.codalab.org/) for organizing experiments?
      dhairya on HN

Alternatives named

  • Trello or Asana

    From 1 comment
    • The live demo is a really neat detail, but it can be overwhelming for an uninitiated user. I first didn't even notice it was a live demo until my mouse was over it and I wanted…
      rsp1984 on HN
  • Evernote

    From 1 comment
    • Could you give more info on how this is better (or when this is better) than an ordinary notebook like evernote. I read through the homepage and found this: > which lets you…
      jonahx on HN
  • Jupyter

    From 1 comment
    • Is this intended to be a notebook in the jupyter sense or in the evernote sense? Initially I thought the former (and so pretty much discounted the possibility of using it as a…
      scarcely on HN
  • CodaLab

    From 1 comment
    • Apologize, but I'm super confused about this product. How is this compared to say codalab (https://worksheets.codalab.org/) for organizing experiments?
      dhairya on HN
  • Scapple

    From 1 comment
    • Is this intended to be a notebook in the jupyter sense or in the evernote sense? Initially I thought the former (and so pretty much discounted the possibility of using it as a…
      scarcely on HN

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