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Here is my privacy centric, offline first, personal journal bash script EDITOR=vim journal() { mkdir -p ~/journal/`date +%Y` $EDITOR ~/

by shpx 8y ago

Here is my privacy centric, offline first, personal journal bash script EDITOR=vim journal() { mkdir -p ~/journal/`date +%Y` $EDITOR ~/journal/`date +%Y`/`date +%m-%d` } alias j=journal

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rekshaw 8y ago
Thanks. Are you planning on selling this as a service? Maybe with blockchain verification? How about creating a marketplace so that others can share journal templates? Is there iCloud backup? Would be nice to have private messages between members and social status that people can "like". :-)
- broahmed 8y ago
  For those unaware: I think parent poster is being sarcastic. EDIT: my original comment was "Don't know why you're being downvoted. That's sarcasm people!". It was flagged. I wondered why and decided to check the HN guidelines. Sure enough, I violated one: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Sorry about that!
  - yitchelle 8y ago
    Hey, this is HN. Sarcasm and witty remarks are verboten. :-)
  - bovermyer 8y ago
    Humor is not one of HN's strong suits.
    - sridca 8y ago
      And sarcasm is the lowest form of humor.
- O_H_E 8y ago
  A simple "/s" or "/sarcasm" as the internet is not particularly good at transferring voice, tone, and feelings even with a good connection :) EDIT: guess I should have "/humor"
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brootstrap 8y ago
All hilarious mocking aside (although you should probably turn this into a SaaS somehow and get it in the cloud), I've been using a simple .txt file for journaling since i started first my professional software gig in 2014. It has gone through multiple forms, once where i created a new file everyday, and it wasnt automated much. One day I realized I could be even MORE lazy and started automating a bit. Now i have one file, with a heading for each day. I have the vim command saved as an alias now 'journal'. It opens up the file, moves to the end, and enters insert mode :p alias journal='vim "+normal Go" +startinsert /worklog/start_20160426'
- cliff_badger 8y ago
  I use git and surround my note taking scripts with these two functions. # Pull Notes to make sure you are completely up to date before editing. function pull_notes() { ( cd $NOTES_DIR git stash git pull git stash pop ) } # Push Notes up the git repo that these are attached to. function push_notes() { date=$(date) ( cd $NOTES_DIR git add . if [[ $(git status -s) ]]; then git commit -m "Notes Updated: $date" git push fi ) }
- unicornporn 8y ago
  http://jrnl.sh/ http://jrnl.sh/
angel_j 8y ago
I like the mkdir -p for each date, tho I might do that by day instead of year. My scripts for writing, and recording audio: (cd writes/journal/; vi $(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S') -c 'startinsert') arecord -D plughw:$1,0 ditties/$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S').wav -f FLOAT_LE -r 48000
bachmeier 8y ago
That's a good way to capture thoughts, but the review process and linking of notes is less than perfect.
- romwell 8y ago
  If you want that, try TiddlyWiki[1] -- an actual offline-first system for journaling and notes. It's a single, self-contained HTML file. You download it, add data, then overwrite the file with a new version which includes changes. If you want to go fancy, you can install it on a server with Node.js and stuff, but there's not a need to go there. [1]https://tiddlywiki.com/ https://tiddlywiki.com/
  - tvmalsv 8y ago
    I'll second TiddlyWiki. I've used it for several years and became a fan early on. These days you might run across some hiccups in getting it to work in your browser of choice. Over the years the browser vendors became less and less inclined to allow javascript and extensions attain local file editing permissions. That's pretty reasonable, but annoying. A pretty decent alternative that I've been using for months, now, is an app called Tiddly Desktop. It's an NW.js-based app so it has no trouble accessing the local filesystems.
    - romwell 8y ago
      >These days you might run across some hiccups in getting it to work in your browser of choice. Never experienced any problems whatsoever across FF/Chrome/etc I just generate a new HTML file with changes for saving. Requires remembering to do something to save changes, but I come from the time where autosaving wasn't the norm anyway :)

by shpx 8y ago

Here is my privacy centric, offline first, personal journal bash script EDITOR=vim journal() { mkdir -p ~/journal/`date +%Y` $EDITOR ~/journal/`date +%Y`/`date +%m-%d` } alias j=journal

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rekshaw 8y ago

Thanks. Are you planning on selling this as a service? Maybe with blockchain verification? How about creating a marketplace so that others can share journal templates? Is there iCloud backup? Would be nice to have private messages between members and social status that people can "like". :-)

broahmed 8y ago
For those unaware: I think parent poster is being sarcastic. EDIT: my original comment was "Don't know why you're being downvoted. That's sarcasm people!". It was flagged. I wondered why and decided to check the HN guidelines. Sure enough, I violated one: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Sorry about that!
- yitchelle 8y ago
  Hey, this is HN. Sarcasm and witty remarks are verboten. :-)
- bovermyer 8y ago
  Humor is not one of HN's strong suits.
  - sridca 8y ago
    And sarcasm is the lowest form of humor.
O_H_E 8y ago
A simple "/s" or "/sarcasm" as the internet is not particularly good at transferring voice, tone, and feelings even with a good connection :) EDIT: guess I should have "/humor"
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]

brootstrap 8y ago

All hilarious mocking aside (although you should probably turn this into a SaaS somehow and get it in the cloud), I've been using a simple .txt file for journaling since i started first my professional software gig in 2014. It has gone through multiple forms, once where i created a new file everyday, and it wasnt automated much. One day I realized I could be even MORE lazy and started automating a bit. Now i have one file, with a heading for each day. I have the vim command saved as an alias now 'journal'. It opens up the file, moves to the end, and enters insert mode :p alias journal='vim "+normal Go" +startinsert /worklog/start_20160426'

cliff_badger 8y ago
I use git and surround my note taking scripts with these two functions. # Pull Notes to make sure you are completely up to date before editing. function pull_notes() { ( cd $NOTES_DIR git stash git pull git stash pop ) } # Push Notes up the git repo that these are attached to. function push_notes() { date=$(date) ( cd $NOTES_DIR git add . if [[ $(git status -s) ]]; then git commit -m "Notes Updated: $date" git push fi ) }
unicornporn 8y ago
http://jrnl.sh/ http://jrnl.sh/

angel_j 8y ago

I like the mkdir -p for each date, tho I might do that by day instead of year. My scripts for writing, and recording audio: (cd writes/journal/; vi $(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S') -c 'startinsert') arecord -D plughw:$1,0 ditties/$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S').wav -f FLOAT_LE -r 48000

bachmeier 8y ago

That's a good way to capture thoughts, but the review process and linking of notes is less than perfect.

romwell 8y ago
If you want that, try TiddlyWiki[1] -- an actual offline-first system for journaling and notes. It's a single, self-contained HTML file. You download it, add data, then overwrite the file with a new version which includes changes. If you want to go fancy, you can install it on a server with Node.js and stuff, but there's not a need to go there. [1]https://tiddlywiki.com/ https://tiddlywiki.com/
- tvmalsv 8y ago
  I'll second TiddlyWiki. I've used it for several years and became a fan early on. These days you might run across some hiccups in getting it to work in your browser of choice. Over the years the browser vendors became less and less inclined to allow javascript and extensions attain local file editing permissions. That's pretty reasonable, but annoying. A pretty decent alternative that I've been using for months, now, is an app called Tiddly Desktop. It's an NW.js-based app so it has no trouble accessing the local filesystems.
  - romwell 8y ago
    >These days you might run across some hiccups in getting it to work in your browser of choice. Never experienced any problems whatsoever across FF/Chrome/etc I just generate a new HTML file with changes for saving. Requires remembering to do something to save changes, but I come from the time where autosaving wasn't the norm anyway :)