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I think I'm too cynical to do these kinds of side businesses... I look at this and am confused why anyone is paying for it. I often find it hard to step away f

I think I'm too cynical to do these kinds of side businesses... I look at this and am confused why anyone is paying for it. I often find it hard to step away from what I would do compared to what others will do.

GoToRO 8y ago
People pay also for convenience. Also, if you are really busy making $$$ a month then there is no problem to pay 5$ a month for something that is saving you some time, some stress and so on. I was thinking the same as you...
albertgoeswoof 8y ago
Well what’s the alternative to taking good notes for a developer? Markdown on git? You still have to pay for github if you want it to be private and you have the hassle of setting it up. $5/month is irrelevant if you use it a couple of times a day
- ttty 8y ago
  Bitbucket for free?
- Svexar 8y ago
  BookStack: https://www.bookstackapp.com/ https://www.bookstackapp.com/
  - albertgoeswoof 8y ago
    But I have to install this and run my own server- the cheapest one I can find is 5usd/month, so I’m paying for that and the time to set it up + maintain it. Inkdrop still looks like better value for money
    - Svexar 8y ago
      BookStack is free. You can add it to a server you already have or host it locally.
- keithnz 8y ago
  my point is not so much about the markdown editor, good job to the dev for spotting a niche where he can make a product. I'm just observing that my brain (annoyingly) would have never let me create something like that. As an aside, for my dev diary (stored on a cloud file system ) I write markdown in Vim, I used to want to see it rendered and played around with visual editors, but I like vim style editing so I just deal with it in text form with syntax highlighting and that's plenty good enough for me.
- priccis 8y ago
  I've been using StackEdit. > You still have to pay for github if you want it to be private You can upload to a Gist and set it private https://stackedit.io/ https://stackedit.io/ https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/ https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/
r3bl 8y ago
I'm one of those 500 paid users (renewed my yearly subscription a few days ago), so here's my arguing why: - It's arguably the only Markdown editor dedicated to note keeping that looks even remotely modern on Ubuntu. - Its mobile support is decent and gets the job done. - The developer is very responsive. I can't contribute to the code directly, but my name has appeared on a changelog multiple times because I suggested features / reported problems. Unlike an open source project, this one has a person dedicated to it full time whose goal is to keep me happy as a subscriber. Issues I raise don't tend to be open for months or years with no end, they tend to be fixed within a month or so. - Its plugins are easy to install. Similarly to Atom, I'm only "ipm install <plugin>" away from having a plugin. - I find GTD features (notebooks, tags, to-do lists) to be nice to have, even though I don't rely on them extensively. - I can create a public link for a note and share it with whoever. - In case shit hits the fan, you can back up the data to a local folder and sync it using whatever. If I was relying on macOS or Windows, I would have probably found something else. Standard Notes, as the only decent competitor, is out of the question for me since I would have to use a third-party cloud instead of my own Nextcloud install for the backups. Main con I could think of: I manually have to download deb packages with every update like I'm some sort of a Windows user. In fact, here's a note I've created a year ago comparing the various options that were at my disposal a year ago when I was making this decision: https://community.inkdrop.info/note/f607a6970af9e4b40795ec5bea7b852c/note:SylrWAak3Z https://community.inkdrop.info/note/f607a6970af9e4b40795ec5b...

GoToRO 8y ago

People pay also for convenience. Also, if you are really busy making $$$ a month then there is no problem to pay 5$ a month for something that is saving you some time, some stress and so on. I was thinking the same as you...

albertgoeswoof 8y ago

Well what’s the alternative to taking good notes for a developer? Markdown on git? You still have to pay for github if you want it to be private and you have the hassle of setting it up. $5/month is irrelevant if you use it a couple of times a day

ttty 8y ago
Bitbucket for free?
Svexar 8y ago
BookStack: https://www.bookstackapp.com/ https://www.bookstackapp.com/
- albertgoeswoof 8y ago
  But I have to install this and run my own server- the cheapest one I can find is 5usd/month, so I’m paying for that and the time to set it up + maintain it. Inkdrop still looks like better value for money
  - Svexar 8y ago
    BookStack is free. You can add it to a server you already have or host it locally.
keithnz 8y ago
my point is not so much about the markdown editor, good job to the dev for spotting a niche where he can make a product. I'm just observing that my brain (annoyingly) would have never let me create something like that. As an aside, for my dev diary (stored on a cloud file system ) I write markdown in Vim, I used to want to see it rendered and played around with visual editors, but I like vim style editing so I just deal with it in text form with syntax highlighting and that's plenty good enough for me.
priccis 8y ago
I've been using StackEdit. > You still have to pay for github if you want it to be private You can upload to a Gist and set it private https://stackedit.io/ https://stackedit.io/ https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/ https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/

r3bl 8y ago

I'm one of those 500 paid users (renewed my yearly subscription a few days ago), so here's my arguing why: - It's arguably the only Markdown editor dedicated to note keeping that looks even remotely modern on Ubuntu. - Its mobile support is decent and gets the job done. - The developer is very responsive. I can't contribute to the code directly, but my name has appeared on a changelog multiple times because I suggested features / reported problems. Unlike an open source project, this one has a person dedicated to it full time whose goal is to keep me happy as a subscriber. Issues I raise don't tend to be open for months or years with no end, they tend to be fixed within a month or so. - Its plugins are easy to install. Similarly to Atom, I'm only "ipm install <plugin>" away from having a plugin. - I find GTD features (notebooks, tags, to-do lists) to be nice to have, even though I don't rely on them extensively. - I can create a public link for a note and share it with whoever. - In case shit hits the fan, you can back up the data to a local folder and sync it using whatever. If I was relying on macOS or Windows, I would have probably found something else. Standard Notes, as the only decent competitor, is out of the question for me since I would have to use a third-party cloud instead of my own Nextcloud install for the backups. Main con I could think of: I manually have to download deb packages with every update like I'm some sort of a Windows user. In fact, here's a note I've created a year ago comparing the various options that were at my disposal a year ago when I was making this decision: https://community.inkdrop.info/note/f607a6970af9e4b40795ec5bea7b852c/note:SylrWAak3Z https://community.inkdrop.info/note/f607a6970af9e4b40795ec5b...