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Evernote?

by Breefield 10y ago

Evernote?

imglorp 10y ago
Elephant and all.
- grzm 10y ago
  App features aside, elephants are associated with memory in some cultures. Evernote likely chose an elephant for this association. PostgreSQL has Slonik as its mascot for the same reason. https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Logo#Why_elephant.3F https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Logo#Why_elephant.3F
  - mariamagi 10y ago
    Elephants are associated with memory
djsumdog 10y ago
I'm looking at hosting my own paperwork to replace Evernote: https://github.com/twostairs/paperwork https://github.com/twostairs/paperwork I've been using Evernote since I first used the PalmPre app (they probably have the highest platform support out of any app), but with the recent price changes, I'm not sure if they'll be around for much longer. If I'm going to pay for something, I might as well have control of the data too.
- desireco42 10y ago
  I cringe on anything that uses MySQL to store information, but looks like something I wished I made, so I will definitely check this out, thanks for posting.
  - dumb-saint 10y ago
    So you "cringe on" Wikipedia?
    - desireco42 10y ago
      Good point. Still, MySQL in 2016, almost 2017 :)
      - daveguy 10y ago
        I think the point is: if it's able to handle the data needs of one of the largest sites in the world do you really need to worry about it not being able to handle a pet app? It is obviously up to the task.
        gressquel 10y ago
        I don't think thats a good point. I mean I can probably make a console application using .txt file on disk as the database and scale it to handle large websites.... if I had spent $100M on servers and 10 years of my life. Almost anything is possible with most of the technologies out there. But its about using the right tool for the job. Stackoverflow is huge, its built with SQL server. If they had for example used mysql they would probably have had to hire 2x engineers + spent twice as much time tuning and tweaking. All those top1000 mysql sites are heavily customized and tweaked to perform as well as they do. Using other modern technologies may had saved them 1000 of hours and money.
        CaveTech 10y ago
        You can't bash on a technology by pulling numbers out of your ass and calling it a day. It sounds like you've been drinking a lot of kool-aide and haven't given MySQL any real thought.
      - deleted 10y ago
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      - robjan 10y ago
        Please do suggest an alternative technology rather than just sneering at them for using MySQL.
  - jsjohnst 10y ago
    You do realize how many major (aka Top 1000) websites are powered by MySQL don't you? It's easy to dismiss MySQL if you're stuck with experience from <5.x, but the latest versions are actually quite good. I still prefer Postgres for many things, but MySQL definitely doesn't deserve to be cringe worthy anymore, imho.
  - Veen 10y ago
    I'm confused by this comment. My understanding is that MySQL is a respected and powerful relational database used in millions of projects because it's feature-rich, reasonably perfomant, and stable. Am I wrong?

Evernote?

imglorp 10y ago

Elephant and all.

grzm 10y ago
App features aside, elephants are associated with memory in some cultures. Evernote likely chose an elephant for this association. PostgreSQL has Slonik as its mascot for the same reason. https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Logo#Why_elephant.3F https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Logo#Why_elephant.3F
- mariamagi 10y ago
  Elephants are associated with memory

djsumdog 10y ago

I'm looking at hosting my own paperwork to replace Evernote: https://github.com/twostairs/paperwork https://github.com/twostairs/paperwork I've been using Evernote since I first used the PalmPre app (they probably have the highest platform support out of any app), but with the recent price changes, I'm not sure if they'll be around for much longer. If I'm going to pay for something, I might as well have control of the data too.

desireco42 10y ago
I cringe on anything that uses MySQL to store information, but looks like something I wished I made, so I will definitely check this out, thanks for posting.
- dumb-saint 10y ago
  So you "cringe on" Wikipedia?
  - desireco42 10y ago
    Good point. Still, MySQL in 2016, almost 2017 :)
    - daveguy 10y ago
      I think the point is: if it's able to handle the data needs of one of the largest sites in the world do you really need to worry about it not being able to handle a pet app? It is obviously up to the task.
      - gressquel 10y ago
        I don't think thats a good point. I mean I can probably make a console application using .txt file on disk as the database and scale it to handle large websites.... if I had spent $100M on servers and 10 years of my life. Almost anything is possible with most of the technologies out there. But its about using the right tool for the job. Stackoverflow is huge, its built with SQL server. If they had for example used mysql they would probably have had to hire 2x engineers + spent twice as much time tuning and tweaking. All those top1000 mysql sites are heavily customized and tweaked to perform as well as they do. Using other modern technologies may had saved them 1000 of hours and money.
        CaveTech 10y ago
        You can't bash on a technology by pulling numbers out of your ass and calling it a day. It sounds like you've been drinking a lot of kool-aide and haven't given MySQL any real thought.
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
    - robjan 10y ago
      Please do suggest an alternative technology rather than just sneering at them for using MySQL.
- jsjohnst 10y ago
  You do realize how many major (aka Top 1000) websites are powered by MySQL don't you? It's easy to dismiss MySQL if you're stuck with experience from <5.x, but the latest versions are actually quite good. I still prefer Postgres for many things, but MySQL definitely doesn't deserve to be cringe worthy anymore, imho.
- Veen 10y ago
  I'm confused by this comment. My understanding is that MySQL is a respected and powerful relational database used in millions of projects because it's feature-rich, reasonably perfomant, and stable. Am I wrong?