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The drawback to working directly on Markdown files is that it's hard to synchronize your notes from/to mobile. If I didn't care about sync, I would use org-roa

by scribu 6y ago

The drawback to working directly on Markdown files is that it's hard to synchronize your notes from/to mobile. If I didn't care about sync, I would use org-roam or some Vim plugin, personally.

regularfry 6y ago
Syncthing ought to be an answer to this, given the right editor.
- scribu 6y ago
  Potentially! Looks cumbersome to set up for iOS, tho: https://www.reddit.com/r/Syncthing/comments/ese82l/ios_users_how_do_you_sync/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Syncthing/comments/ese82l/ios_users...
  - kolias 6y ago
    The lack of a proper syncing solution is why I've moved off of iOS. The ability to sync everything I'm working on to an arbitrary folder on my phone/tablet and always have access to them with whatever program I need (without pushing them back and forth) and all my changes are immediately visible to every other program and device, that's something I can't get with iOS and it always annoyed me.
ResidentSleeper 6y ago
I've recently started using GitJournal [1] to access my notes on Android, but I haven't used it enough to be able to say whether it's worthwhile. One annoying drawback is that it requires a monthly subscription to get access to all of the (convenience) features. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.gitjournal.gitjournal https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.gitjournal....
- vhanda 6y ago
  Hi. I'm the author of GitJournal - do you have any suggestions on a different monetization model? I'm not too keen on ads. Maybe a yearly or 3 years subscription?
- ResidentSleeper 6y ago
  @vhanda (unable to reply directly for some reason) First of all, congratulations on shipping a decent, polished Android app! These increasingly seem to be a rarity these days. Regarding the subscription model, the monthly price quickly adds up, especially for users outside the US. For example, one of the most common apps in my country offers a pro subscription for a yearly price of $3, compared to a minimum of $24 ($2 * 12) in GitJournal (and this would be on top of whatever I'm paying for my desktop note-keeping app...). I would suggest that you review the pricing for low income countries (especially since the regionalized "go pro" slider UI seems glitchy, eg. I can't reselect the default price, can't select values to the right). A lower yearly subscription or a single purchase option would go a long way towards convincing me to upgrade. I think not including ads was an excellent choice and I probably wouldn't have continued using the app with them. I was going to suggest hiding the locked pro features to make them less annoying, but upon review it's not that bad. I'll keep using the app and leave a review on the store later when I gather more thoughts.
  - vhanda 6y ago
    Hey Resident Sleeper Thanks a lot for the feedback. Could you let me know what Country you are in? I've changed the pricing of the Indian market as I understand it better, I'll be happy to dramatically reduce the pricing for other countries where the US/EU pricing does not work.
harritaylor 6y ago
I use resilio sync for this. https://www.resilio.com/individuals/ https://www.resilio.com/individuals/ The iOS (and I assume android) syncing is fine, and it hooks in with the files API so I use pretext/ whatever markdown editor to edit / look things up on the go. For some reason resilio isn’t talked about highly on HN though, not entirely sure why.
DerWOK 6y ago
For syncing I'm using a private github repo, then syncing is easy and on iOS / Android I use GitJournal or WorkingCopy (iOS only IMHO).

by scribu 6y ago

The drawback to working directly on Markdown files is that it's hard to synchronize your notes from/to mobile. If I didn't care about sync, I would use org-roam or some Vim plugin, personally.

regularfry 6y ago

Syncthing ought to be an answer to this, given the right editor.

scribu 6y ago
Potentially! Looks cumbersome to set up for iOS, tho: https://www.reddit.com/r/Syncthing/comments/ese82l/ios_users_how_do_you_sync/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Syncthing/comments/ese82l/ios_users...
- kolias 6y ago
  The lack of a proper syncing solution is why I've moved off of iOS. The ability to sync everything I'm working on to an arbitrary folder on my phone/tablet and always have access to them with whatever program I need (without pushing them back and forth) and all my changes are immediately visible to every other program and device, that's something I can't get with iOS and it always annoyed me.

ResidentSleeper 6y ago

I've recently started using GitJournal [1] to access my notes on Android, but I haven't used it enough to be able to say whether it's worthwhile. One annoying drawback is that it requires a monthly subscription to get access to all of the (convenience) features. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.gitjournal.gitjournal https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.gitjournal....

vhanda 6y ago
Hi. I'm the author of GitJournal - do you have any suggestions on a different monetization model? I'm not too keen on ads. Maybe a yearly or 3 years subscription?
ResidentSleeper 6y ago
@vhanda (unable to reply directly for some reason) First of all, congratulations on shipping a decent, polished Android app! These increasingly seem to be a rarity these days. Regarding the subscription model, the monthly price quickly adds up, especially for users outside the US. For example, one of the most common apps in my country offers a pro subscription for a yearly price of $3, compared to a minimum of $24 ($2 * 12) in GitJournal (and this would be on top of whatever I'm paying for my desktop note-keeping app...). I would suggest that you review the pricing for low income countries (especially since the regionalized "go pro" slider UI seems glitchy, eg. I can't reselect the default price, can't select values to the right). A lower yearly subscription or a single purchase option would go a long way towards convincing me to upgrade. I think not including ads was an excellent choice and I probably wouldn't have continued using the app with them. I was going to suggest hiding the locked pro features to make them less annoying, but upon review it's not that bad. I'll keep using the app and leave a review on the store later when I gather more thoughts.
- vhanda 6y ago
  Hey Resident Sleeper Thanks a lot for the feedback. Could you let me know what Country you are in? I've changed the pricing of the Indian market as I understand it better, I'll be happy to dramatically reduce the pricing for other countries where the US/EU pricing does not work.

harritaylor 6y ago

I use resilio sync for this. https://www.resilio.com/individuals/ https://www.resilio.com/individuals/ The iOS (and I assume android) syncing is fine, and it hooks in with the files API so I use pretext/ whatever markdown editor to edit / look things up on the go. For some reason resilio isn’t talked about highly on HN though, not entirely sure why.

DerWOK 6y ago

For syncing I'm using a private github repo, then syncing is easy and on iOS / Android I use GitJournal or WorkingCopy (iOS only IMHO).