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Digital Tools I Wish Existed (2019)

75 points by theshrike79 2y ago

rspoerri 2y ago
putting this into my archivebox to read later /s
theshrike79 2y ago
For the queue management bit Fabric[0] seems like a decent idea, it's kind of trying to be a personal, private, local AI assistant. You feed it the stuff you'd normally read and it summarises it for you. Then you can decide which content you should spend more of your time on. Not nearly complete, but an idea I had even before I found out about it. And kinda similar what Apple is attempting with iOS18 and Apple AI. [0] https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric
WaffleIronMaker 2y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25228089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25228089
- theshrike79 2y ago
  Even more previouser discussion (2019): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21659876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21659876 =)
- deleted 2y ago
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gessha 2y ago
In order for this to be even remotely doable, you need explicit and transparent data flows between devices and applications which is currently a no starter for tech companies and app developers. Apple letting you out of the walled garden? Forget about it. Google letting anyone else use their data? How about 3 more soon-to-be-killed products instead of a proper API. Not to mention you need a rewrite of the DMCA in order to complete this.
- theshrike79 2y ago
  There's no way for official APIs outside of GDPR data request exports. But you should be able to create custom parsers for the relevant bits.
alanbernstein 2y ago
While I understand the motivation and wish for similar tools myself, I think the healthier solution is to just put less information into the top of the funnel.
- theshrike79 2y ago
  But how do you know which bits of information to ignore at the top of the funnel?
  - nine_k 2y ago
    There is an old joke. A boss looks at a thick stack of résumés he had received for a job listing. It's too thick to go through it in a day. He takes a random bunch of papers from the middle of the stack, and throws the papers away. His subordinates are surprised, so he comments: "We don't need any unlucky losers anyway".
  - alanbernstein 2y ago
    Doesn't that question apply regardless of the amount?
beefman 2y ago
I just want a tool that collects and organizes everything I've ever written online.
- theshrike79 2y ago
  https://indieweb.org/POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE Never have your content only on someone else's site. I usually write every comment / opinion in Obsidian if it's either long or seems like something I need to explain multiple times. That way I can just copy-paste the same comment again, read through and edit either the original or the pasted version to fit the situation and I save a lot of time and research =)
rodolphoarruda 2y ago
I would like to see Evernote's AI evolve to a point where it would process my ~4500 item knowledge base (KB) of personal notes, clipping and documents, and then allow me to ask questions that would be answered based on that volume of information.
- theshrike79 2y ago
  Notion's AI is decent for this, but not very good at finding things
- knowaveragejoe 2y ago
  What you're asking for is more or less already a solved problem with a number of different AI tools. Whether it will work with minimal effort on an Evernote account, I'm not sure.
zem 2y ago
"goodreads clone but with relational db functionality exposed" has been on my wishlist forever too
- theshrike79 2y ago
  https://thestorygraph.com https://thestorygraph.com isn't perfect but for discovery it's better than Goodreads in my opinion
az09mugen 2y ago
A multi-threaded emacs ?

75 points by theshrike79 2y ago

putting this into my archivebox to read later /s

For the queue management bit Fabric[0] seems like a decent idea, it's kind of trying to be a personal, private, local AI assistant. You feed it the stuff you'd normally read and it summarises it for you. Then you can decide which content you should spend more of your time on. Not nearly complete, but an idea I had even before I found out about it. And kinda similar what Apple is attempting with iOS18 and Apple AI. [0] https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric

WaffleIronMaker 2y ago

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25228089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25228089

theshrike79 2y ago
Even more previouser discussion (2019): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21659876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21659876 =)
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gessha 2y ago

In order for this to be even remotely doable, you need explicit and transparent data flows between devices and applications which is currently a no starter for tech companies and app developers. Apple letting you out of the walled garden? Forget about it. Google letting anyone else use their data? How about 3 more soon-to-be-killed products instead of a proper API. Not to mention you need a rewrite of the DMCA in order to complete this.

theshrike79 2y ago
There's no way for official APIs outside of GDPR data request exports. But you should be able to create custom parsers for the relevant bits.

alanbernstein 2y ago

While I understand the motivation and wish for similar tools myself, I think the healthier solution is to just put less information into the top of the funnel.

theshrike79 2y ago
But how do you know which bits of information to ignore at the top of the funnel?
- nine_k 2y ago
  There is an old joke. A boss looks at a thick stack of résumés he had received for a job listing. It's too thick to go through it in a day. He takes a random bunch of papers from the middle of the stack, and throws the papers away. His subordinates are surprised, so he comments: "We don't need any unlucky losers anyway".
- alanbernstein 2y ago
  Doesn't that question apply regardless of the amount?

beefman 2y ago

I just want a tool that collects and organizes everything I've ever written online.

theshrike79 2y ago
https://indieweb.org/POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE Never have your content only on someone else's site. I usually write every comment / opinion in Obsidian if it's either long or seems like something I need to explain multiple times. That way I can just copy-paste the same comment again, read through and edit either the original or the pasted version to fit the situation and I save a lot of time and research =)

rodolphoarruda 2y ago

I would like to see Evernote's AI evolve to a point where it would process my ~4500 item knowledge base (KB) of personal notes, clipping and documents, and then allow me to ask questions that would be answered based on that volume of information.

theshrike79 2y ago
Notion's AI is decent for this, but not very good at finding things
knowaveragejoe 2y ago
What you're asking for is more or less already a solved problem with a number of different AI tools. Whether it will work with minimal effort on an Evernote account, I'm not sure.

zem 2y ago

"goodreads clone but with relational db functionality exposed" has been on my wishlist forever too

theshrike79 2y ago
https://thestorygraph.com https://thestorygraph.com isn't perfect but for discovery it's better than Goodreads in my opinion

az09mugen 2y ago

A multi-threaded emacs ?