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How HN took it
0 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Execution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting concept and idea
From 1 comment
Looks like interesting idea and concept... I struggled with docker and setting variables... it seems that it is meant to be run on a server somewhere. Also unce I realized it was…
desireco42 on HN
Objections
Hard to run locally; seems meant for a server, Docker and environment variables are difficult
From 1 comment
Looks like interesting idea and concept... I struggled with docker and setting variables... it seems that it is meant to be run on a server somewhere. Also unce I realized it was…
desireco42 on HN
Only supports text, no PDF, epub or enex import; scalability untested
From 2 comments
Unfortunately, it only supports text currently :( I also haven't really stress tested it, this was really more of a personal wiki that I wanted to create specifically with the…
shibaobun on HNThis looks potentially interesting. How does it scale? Would 200.000 notes be a problem? Does it handle pdf, epub or enex? and most importantly Search, what does it have and how…
ThinkBeat on HN
README header image has unreadable low-contrast text
From 1 comment
Why on Earth does the README start with a huge image with absolutely unreadable teeny tiny light gray text on a dark gray background? When I press Cmd-+ to zoom into the page in…
DonHopkins on HN
Requests
Bulk import of existing notes
From 1 comment
I made an export function that just basically dumps the entire schema out to JSON that can be processed with something like jq, but I should see if I can make some sort of bulk…
shibaobun on HN
Offline support and lower price
From 1 comment
I would be more inclined to use it if there was offline support and it wasn't so expensive. I used (and really really like) Logseq for awhile but have since moved to Obsidian.…
packetlost on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Logseq and org-roam
From 2 comments
Would be interested to know how this compares to logseq etc
basedrum on HNHow does it compare to org-roam? Seems like colab and web-serving is the main diff?
trixthethird on HN
How do pipelines work with notes
From 1 comment
Found some documentation & sample website that answers a few of my questions, but I’d love to know more about pipelines and how they work with your notes.…
DannyPage on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 2 comments
I would be more inclined to use it if there was offline support and it wasn't so expensive. I used (and really really like) Logseq for awhile but have since moved to Obsidian.…
packetlost on HNI was an early adopter and "true believer" (aka paying supporter) of Roam Research, and will always be grateful for the game-changing (for me) paradigm shift it helped bring…
chrisweekly on HN
Logseq
From 2 comments
Would be interested to know how this compares to logseq etc
basedrum on HNI would be more inclined to use it if there was offline support and it wasn't so expensive. I used (and really really like) Logseq for awhile but have since moved to Obsidian.…
packetlost on HN
org-roam and Denote
From 2 comments
How does it compare to org-roam? Seems like colab and web-serving is the main diff?
trixthethird on HNDenote, the org-mode package, takes the cake for me. (From Protesilaos, whose introduction to emacs was also on the front page at the time of writing this comment)
supersrdjan on HN
Roam Research
From 1 comment
I still feel like Roam Research did it best. Conor was truly a pioneer in the digital note taking field. I still miss the times when all of it was new, it was so exciting and…
coldblues on HN