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Evernote and most note-taking or knowledge repository solutions are pretty solved problems for those willing to do a bit of self-hosting. Personally, I host a
by Karrot_Kream 8y ago
Evernote and most note-taking or knowledge repository solutions are pretty solved problems for those willing to do a bit of self-hosting. Personally, I host a Tiddlywiki server on a cheap VPS I own that runs other things. A cron job regularly backs up the entire TiddlyWiki to a git repo, and the contents of the repo to cloud storage. TiddlyWiki is responsive and works fine on mobile, and I am assured that all my data is backed up and private.
- underwater 8y agoYour post echoes the infamous comment on Dropbox's announcement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 There is a difference between building something that works for you, a technical person, and something the general population will trust and pay for.
- Karrot_Kream 8y agoWell, Dropbox itself is struggling these days, because consumers are a fickle market (and because there is tons of competition in the space from Google Keep and others). My comment was specifically meant for technical people who are readers of this forum.