Recall
Productivity
personal knowledge management
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea to pivot to a browser extension and an interesting concept for bookmarks
From 3 comments
Good idea to pivot it to a browser extension
cahaya on HNI really like the idea of this! I’ve always wanted a tool that automatically extracts value from my bookmarks. Being able to just save something and come back to it via metadata…
3uler on HNBeen a follower of recall from the start. Really love the direction and the latest browser extension. It was buggy at first, but seen significant improvements. I’m a fan.
sankapanka on HN
Objections
Data privacy: notes are stored in the browser and synced to the cloud without end-to-end encryption
From 2 comments
When you save a knowledge card to the Recall app it is stored locally in indexeddb in your web browser. We have a syncing engine that is used to sync between devices and for back…
paulrchds on HNThis has the potential to be an amazing tool, especially for researchers. How are you planning to handle data privacy? Is my data stored locally, or in the cloud I could only use…
thereviewcare on HN
Requests
Integration with Obsidian or Notion
From 1 comment
Really like the idea! I can see the benefits finding connections between different knowledge pieces I've collected. Does your platform support any sort of integration with other…
willamjohn on HN
Preserve readable ad-stripped copies of pages against link rot
From 1 comment
Does it preserve readable (ad stripped) versions of pages I collect from falling to link rot, and does it automatically convert everything into content type adapative embeddings…
napier on HN
Questions
What are the use cases?
From 1 comment
What are some of the use-cases you have for this?
thereviewcare on HN
How will growth be driven?
From 1 comment
Nice tool. How do you plan to drive awareness/growth?
carlossouza on HN