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Always recommend an exocortex! I can't live without taking notes on the daily. Slightly related but I also built a light plugin that works with vscode. https://

by _virtu 5y ago

Always recommend an exocortex! I can't live without taking notes on the daily. Slightly related but I also built a light plugin that works with vscode. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-nested-tags.vscode-nested-tags https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-n.... My biggest gripe with pretty much everything (Roam, Dendron, etc) is that nothing is plaintext. I love the lack of lockin when everything is based upon plaintext. Furthermore you can use whatever editor you like.

reidjs 5y ago
I like foam as well, it’s markdown, open source https://github.com/foambubble/foam https://github.com/foambubble/foam Though admittedly I rarely use backlinking.
anon1094 5y ago
Have you tried Obsidian? https://obsidian.md/ https://obsidian.md/
- tedmiston 5y ago
  I use Obsidian for that exact reason of the notebook being "just" a collection of raw markdown files and owning my own data as well. I'm pretty happy with it so far. I still use Sublime to edit the files quickly and when I don't need features provided by Obsidian plugins. A minor gripe is that the iCloud sync is really really bad. Perhaps that's more on Apple than Obsidian, but frequently editing of the same files across multiple devices is a pain point today. To their credit, they have acknowledged this and now offer their own first-party sync service, but I think $96/year to sync a folder of Markdown files from my laptop to my phone is excessive.
flarg 5y ago
Zim desktop wiki is worth a look
trevyn 5y ago
I’m curious: what is your opinion on markdown? Or is that included in plain text?
- _virtu 5y ago
  Yes, I would consider that plaintext. I went from LaTeX to markdown. Can't go back.
skinnymuch 5y ago
There’s quite a few plain text apps. I am hovering between four right now. Markdown format but still plain text. Obsidian would be the most known of these. Then also Noteplan 3, Keep It, and Devonthink
lijogdfljk 5y ago
Question; So i'm also designing a "second brain" for myself/foss, and i've often had the debate of how much i should go with plaintext. On one hand it is nice for basic tools like grep, custom editors, easy backup, etc. However "lockin" is something i keep pausing on.. because for any advanced features you include, say spaced repetition over items in the document, becomes a unique DSL for your application most likely. Yea, it could be made from "just markdown" or w/e, but the functionality still only works in that one app. Eg i used some other Space Rep tool which advertised using just markdown, cool! But i can't port it anywhere, so yay it's plain text but the functionality still need to be refactored to work with other tools. This problem becomes more apparent when you add more complex features. Each unique/novel feature creates unique DSL to store state in "plaintext", which to me starts feeling like it destroys the core premise of plaintext. Thoughts on this issue?

by _virtu 5y ago

reidjs 5y ago

I like foam as well, it’s markdown, open source https://github.com/foambubble/foam https://github.com/foambubble/foam Though admittedly I rarely use backlinking.

anon1094 5y ago

Have you tried Obsidian? https://obsidian.md/ https://obsidian.md/

tedmiston 5y ago
I use Obsidian for that exact reason of the notebook being "just" a collection of raw markdown files and owning my own data as well. I'm pretty happy with it so far. I still use Sublime to edit the files quickly and when I don't need features provided by Obsidian plugins. A minor gripe is that the iCloud sync is really really bad. Perhaps that's more on Apple than Obsidian, but frequently editing of the same files across multiple devices is a pain point today. To their credit, they have acknowledged this and now offer their own first-party sync service, but I think $96/year to sync a folder of Markdown files from my laptop to my phone is excessive.

flarg 5y ago

Zim desktop wiki is worth a look

trevyn 5y ago

I’m curious: what is your opinion on markdown? Or is that included in plain text?

_virtu 5y ago
Yes, I would consider that plaintext. I went from LaTeX to markdown. Can't go back.

skinnymuch 5y ago

There’s quite a few plain text apps. I am hovering between four right now. Markdown format but still plain text. Obsidian would be the most known of these. Then also Noteplan 3, Keep It, and Devonthink

lijogdfljk 5y ago

Question; So i'm also designing a "second brain" for myself/foss, and i've often had the debate of how much i should go with plaintext. On one hand it is nice for basic tools like grep, custom editors, easy backup, etc. However "lockin" is something i keep pausing on.. because for any advanced features you include, say spaced repetition over items in the document, becomes a unique DSL for your application most likely. Yea, it could be made from "just markdown" or w/e, but the functionality still only works in that one app. Eg i used some other Space Rep tool which advertised using just markdown, cool! But i can't port it anywhere, so yay it's plain text but the functionality still need to be refactored to work with other tools. This problem becomes more apparent when you add more complex features. Each unique/novel feature creates unique DSL to store state in "plaintext", which to me starts feeling like it destroys the core premise of plaintext. Thoughts on this issue?