For me 3 things make it hacker friendly: * it uses a markdown like syntax * all syntactic characters (bold, italic, headline, tags, ...) are always displayed

For me 3 things make it hacker friendly: * it uses a markdown like syntax * all syntactic characters (bold, italic, headline, tags, ...) are always displayed and not converted to rich text format (such as Slack does) while still applying the visual formatting. Like in a code editor, I see all characters which I type * its underlying SQLite database is documented so that you can integrate/automate to your desire: https://bear.app/faq/Where%20are%20Bear's%20notes%20located/ https://bear.app/faq/Where%20are%20Bear's%20notes%20located/