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I've found most apps too slow or too complex. So much that I've spent the last 3 months building another one, kinda like the author. Maybe my use case is differ
by keizo 4y ago
I've found most apps too slow or too complex. So much that I've spent the last 3 months building another one, kinda like the author. Maybe my use case is different than most as I only spend 20% of my workday on the computer, but I'm convinced there are others like me. Roam Research was compelling and I paid the $500 two years ago. But found the friction and 12 second load time too slow. I downloaded my graph and realized it's only 250k of text -- maybe I'm a light note taker. Either way, sticking text on a server side rendered webpage seems reasonable. I have my entire graph on one page. Most of the time, ctrl-f will find what I need. Trying to do autotagging and some fun things with open ai. It's unpolished but online if anyone wants to give it a go. Just a hair above plain text files. grugnotes.com -- tech stack is django, htmx on google cloud run. Haven't done much coding in past 10 years, so skipped all the js frameworks and loving it.
- disqard 4y agoDid you by any chance, also write the "grug-brained developer" (one of my favorite essays on SW Dev)? The artwork at that link looked familiar :)
- keizo 4y agoHa! No, I’m just a hack trying to catch meme wave and my goals for it align well with grug brian dev. That’s the htmx guy — Carson Gross. If you’re not familiar with htmx, go check it out! Bad ass little library and almost the only external JavaScript I’m using.