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Haha let me rattle on about my own note-taking setup (or indeed my own Startup) [1]... but no I won't. Instead I'd like to share a little what I've learnt from
by tobeagram 5y ago
Haha let me rattle on about my own note-taking setup (or indeed my own Startup) [1]... but no I won't.
Instead I'd like to share a little what I've learnt from building a note-taking startup for the past three years with my co-founder – it's easily the hardest thing we've both done.
Much of what you've said is concurrent with the majority of our users. Ubiquity and having your knowledge accessible at any time, on all of your devices is super important – but also the most challenging to create. Build a web app, then all of your users want a faster native desktop app. Build a desktop app, and then users want a fluid accessible web experience... Developing this as a team of two is very difficult; but then hearing how some users use your app every day for a year and can't live without it is hugely rewarding [2]
Note-taking is very personal and so everyone has different expectations on what they'd like. There are so many apps for different personalities and workflows – there's never 'one solution fits all'. Even though Notion has kinda done this, very successfully, one could argue that it is a 'Jack of all trades, master of none' app. That's why it's super important that every note-taking / productivity app has an API, so users can easily build the workflow with the apps that work best for them.
[1]: https://supernotes.app https://supernotes.app
[2]: https://supernotes.app/blog/posts/engineer-rock-climber-notes/ https://supernotes.app/blog/posts/engineer-rock-climber-note...
- reacharavindh 5y agoCongratulations on your hard work building an app that you care about. As a user, we are all trained to be vigilant about locking ourselves into services/companies because of circumstances. In this IT landscape, users are not just limited to Windows or Mac or iPhone. The base set of expectations have gone up, particularly when there are passable alternatives that are farther than the incumbent in features. For a note-taking app, MacOS App Windows App iPhone App Android App web interface (for all others including Linux users) ought to cover it. I realise how much of work that is. But, that is the playing field when competing against apps that do different subset of the above list. Staying away from resource hungry electron app will make me happily pay for it (just my opinion).