Novel
Productivity
notion-style editor
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
6 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean interface and fast AI responses
From 2 comments
What model are you using in the backend? It’s pretty fast to respond. Very nice interface
jerpint on HNThis is pretty slick. Unobtrusive prompt and then you get a pretty intrusive drop-down. Pretty it up. It has a wonderful response and flow and I would be interested in using this…
gabereiser on HN
Easy Vercel deployment
From 1 comment
This is a super cool project! And I love the super-simple Vercel deployment. I wasn't able to get the AI completions to work with my OpenAI API key; not sure why. I don't…
appleflaxen on HN
Objections
AI autocomplete is unwanted in note tools
From 1 comment
I’ve basically completely stopped using notion after they crammed “AI” in there with absolutely no option to turn it off without a business tier plan (even more $$$ than the…
manchmalscott on HN
Autocomplete got stuck on a theme and gave poor output
From 1 comment
I fear I may have broken my first “note”: ‘<<>>’ indicates where I typed ‘++’ and the resultant text is unedited. It seems as though the AI response became “stuck” on a theme,…
asymmetric13 on HN
Typo in the title and unclear slash-command usage
From 1 comment
Do you mind defining what "WYSYWIG" means? I tried using your tool for it. "WYSYWIG is an acronym that means++" ... "What You See Is What You Get." :thinking:
joeframbach on HN
Requests
Support for tables and multiple pages
From 2 comments
if this project gets pages and tables, it could be an open source notion killer
jeron on HNThis is a super cool project! And I love the super-simple Vercel deployment. I wasn't able to get the AI completions to work with my OpenAI API key; not sure why. I don't…
appleflaxen on HN
Offline and mobile support
From 1 comment
Any notion replacement needs to be offline first and mobile first.
j45 on HN
Markdown file support
From 1 comment
Any suggestions for a vscode extension that allows editing markdown files in the same wysiwyg way?
krembo on HN
Questions
How to use with own OpenAI API key
From 1 comment
This is a super cool project! And I love the super-simple Vercel deployment. I wasn't able to get the AI completions to work with my OpenAI API key; not sure why. I don't…
appleflaxen on HN
How the editor works with Svelte or other frameworks
From 1 comment
Can this be used in Svelte or is it only for React?
Sateeshm on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 1 comment
Obsidian plus various plugins would be my recommendation.
barryvan on HN
Logseq
From 1 comment
I use Logseq https://logseq.com/
BrandoElFollito on HN
Outline
From 1 comment
The best self hosted alternative of Notion I have found is Outline[1] The link describing the infra[2] is an example of how it looks. [1] github.com/outline/outline [2]…
bosky101 on HN
BlockNote
From 1 comment
fyi, from my experience it’s still quite a lot of work to build on top of Prosemirror and TipTap directly to do so. So I’ve started working on https://www.blocknotejs.org to make…
YousefED on HN