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Logseq with Git is solid, very hard to loose data, and is the best option for ownership of data / GDPR compliance / privacy. But Git isn't for everyone. Looking

by gbro3n 4y ago

Logseq with Git is solid, very hard to loose data, and is the best option for ownership of data / GDPR compliance / privacy. But Git isn't for everyone. Looking forward to sync also.

packetlost 4y ago
Yup, I've been doing this for months. It seems like they recently removed the automatic commit feature from the app itself and instead moved it to this little script: https://github.com/logseq/git-auto https://github.com/logseq/git-auto
- flkiwi 4y ago
  Well that's good to know. But I still say the OG logseq was the best of these apps: open source (mostly), plain markdown, visually clean, backlinks, browser accessible (so no issues jotting down a note from literally anything with an internet connection), almost zero friction for note-taking... It was just the best. Now the contortions we have to go through to synchronize notes is painful. A cynic would say it's a deliberate choice to make the paid sync more appealing, when previously it was unnecessary. Athens is getting there as an alternative, but I wish they were markdown-based for portability.
  - packetlost 4y ago
    idk what you're talking about, they have a pretty easy script. The only thing they've changed in this regard is removing the periodic auto-commit feature which wasn't very good in the first place and the github repo as a back-end, which was also half-baked and not very good. IMO they've only improved things and have not shied away from dropping features that do not work as they intended.
    - flkiwi 4y ago
      Moving from a simple, browser-based, git-backed model to something that requires bash scripts and git hooks and still has chronic sync errors and requires installing apps (that may not be available for a platform or installable for security reasons)? I mean, I respect that not every use case is the same and I'm glad many people find logseq useful (as I still do), but, from my perspective, they have significantly increased the friction of using what was an almost magical tool for capturing transient thoughts at high speed anywhere. I do like the features they are adding, which is why I continue to use it, but it's definitely not the magic tool it used to be.
      - gbro3n 4y ago
        Which old version number are you referring to as magic? I'd like to try it.
        flkiwi 4y ago
        Pretty much anything before they announced deprecation of github integration. You would have to self-host the legacy backend (which is doable, but it's not simple). I apologize for not knowing the version number, but it would've been, oh, maybe 2 years ago?

by gbro3n 4y ago

Logseq with Git is solid, very hard to loose data, and is the best option for ownership of data / GDPR compliance / privacy. But Git isn't for everyone. Looking forward to sync also.

packetlost 4y ago

Yup, I've been doing this for months. It seems like they recently removed the automatic commit feature from the app itself and instead moved it to this little script: https://github.com/logseq/git-auto https://github.com/logseq/git-auto

flkiwi 4y ago
Well that's good to know. But I still say the OG logseq was the best of these apps: open source (mostly), plain markdown, visually clean, backlinks, browser accessible (so no issues jotting down a note from literally anything with an internet connection), almost zero friction for note-taking... It was just the best. Now the contortions we have to go through to synchronize notes is painful. A cynic would say it's a deliberate choice to make the paid sync more appealing, when previously it was unnecessary. Athens is getting there as an alternative, but I wish they were markdown-based for portability.
- packetlost 4y ago
  idk what you're talking about, they have a pretty easy script. The only thing they've changed in this regard is removing the periodic auto-commit feature which wasn't very good in the first place and the github repo as a back-end, which was also half-baked and not very good. IMO they've only improved things and have not shied away from dropping features that do not work as they intended.
  - flkiwi 4y ago
    Moving from a simple, browser-based, git-backed model to something that requires bash scripts and git hooks and still has chronic sync errors and requires installing apps (that may not be available for a platform or installable for security reasons)? I mean, I respect that not every use case is the same and I'm glad many people find logseq useful (as I still do), but, from my perspective, they have significantly increased the friction of using what was an almost magical tool for capturing transient thoughts at high speed anywhere. I do like the features they are adding, which is why I continue to use it, but it's definitely not the magic tool it used to be.
    - gbro3n 4y ago
      Which old version number are you referring to as magic? I'd like to try it.
      - flkiwi 4y ago
        Pretty much anything before they announced deprecation of github integration. You would have to self-host the legacy backend (which is doable, but it's not simple). I apologize for not knowing the version number, but it would've been, oh, maybe 2 years ago?