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Notesnook and Kagi are partnering up

thecodrr — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:19:53 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.notesnook.com/introducing-notesnook-circle/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45658505

Points: 2

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Been Busy

thecodrr — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:23:52 +0000

Article URL: https://muelsyse.codeberg.page/blog/been-busy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43142194

Points: 2

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New comment by thecodrr in "JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess"

thecodrr — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:17:13 +0000

Benchmarking is a mess everywhere. Sure you can get some level of accuracy but reproducing any kind of benchmark results across machines is impossible. That's why perf people focus on things like CPU cycles, heap size, cache access etc instead of time. Even with multiple runs and averaged out results you can only get a surface level idea of how your code is actually performing.

New comment by thecodrr in "If not React, then what?"

thecodrr — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 07:30:37 +0000

React is not slow. React is not "big". React is not the reason your website is slow.

Any engineer who thinks that its React that is causing the slow renders and replacing it with X is deluded. Yes, there are ways to make slow React web apps. But there are also ways to make fast React web apps. It just requires effort and a little bit of foresight.

It's time to leave Bitwarden (2023)

thecodrr — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:55:31 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.notesnook.com/its-time-to-leave-bitwarden/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41898040

Points: 19

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New comment by thecodrr in "Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app"

thecodrr — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:54:02 +0000

You might want to give Notesnook [0] a try.

[0]: https://notesnook.com/

New comment by thecodrr in "ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler"

thecodrr — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 22:42:56 +0000

You'd already be using source maps in any real-world scenario so I am not sure what's the value proposition here outside of "just for fun, I guess".

The tsc transpilation to lower ES versions is actually really useful when using not-so-recent Node versions. Not to mention this severely restricts TypeScript syntax to "just types" which isn't too bad but it means you now have to worry about yet another thing.

Then there's the ESM & CJS mess. You almost always want to export in both formats which will change a lot of the syntax, so this quickly falls apart for anything serious.

Just use esbuild if you want speed.

New comment by thecodrr in "Show HN: Notesnook v3 is here with note linking, at rest encryption and more"

thecodrr — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:32:58 +0000

Hello everyone!

After around 2 years, we are back on HN with a massive update for Notesnook. But before that, here's a short introduction:

Notesnook is an end-to-end encrypted, 100% open source [0] note taking app that prioritizes user privacy.

v3 brings a lot of really radical changes, such as:

- Migration to SQLite

- At rest encryption

- Note linking

- Nested notebooks

- App lock on all platforms

You can read more about all these here: https://blog.notesnook.com/introducing-notesnook-v3/

Our goal with Notesnook has always been to make privacy simpler to adopt for normal users who don't have time to think about privacy. We do that by making privacy that "default" everywhere in the app. We recently crossed 100K registered users with over 4 million notes created on our platform.

If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to answer.

[0]: https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook/

Show HN: Notesnook v3 is here with note linking, at rest encryption and more

thecodrr — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:23:30 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.notesnook.com/introducing-notesnook-v3/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40207799

Points: 3

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Do the simplest thing that could possibly work (1998)

thecodrr — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 12:21:48 +0000

Article URL: https://ronjeffries.com/xprog/articles/practices/pracsimplest/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39260456

Points: 1

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Mouse Guide

thecodrr — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:09:57 +0000

Article URL: https://sensor.fyi/info/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38744312

Points: 2

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New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:38:19 +0000

Not slow changes. Offering self hosted officially means that we have to be aware of users who are self hosting before we make any drastic changes, writing migrating guides, and giving some sort of support. All that has an impact on productivity.

New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:15:41 +0000

There's no point in offering users self hosting if you are going to throw them into a fire by doing so. Notesnook is rapidly evolving and changing, and hoping for self hosted users to keep up is impractical. Instead, we want to first stabilize the backend, and then think about self hosting.

After v3, our primary focus will be on self hosting and getting an audit done.

New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:12:11 +0000

It seems to me you are looking for a syntax highlighter in a note taking app. Which modern language are you looking for?

There are encrypted backups. Actually, backups are encrypted by default.

Notesnook also works offline by default so there's no need for a special mode. It's also, obviously, local-first since everything gets encrypted on your device. We don't have a lot of options there.

What "might be better" in the editor?

New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:34:40 +0000

What did you find painful?

New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:34:20 +0000

v3 will be even smoother. We are migrating to SQLite so startup times will be instant. Performance is a feature.

New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:43:28 +0000

Markdown itself is more technical than, say, a WYSIWYG editor. People are more used to using MS Word and Google Docs. Obsidian prioritizes a different kind of note taking and, hence, you'll find a lot of tech-savvy users among its community. There's a reason for that.

New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:10:23 +0000

Evernote is not E2EE.

New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:09:11 +0000

Obsidian is a cool app but it's targeted for a very specific kind of user. Of course, for a technical user Obsidian would feel like home but for an average user with not a lot of technical know how, Obsidian would go way over their heads. Not everyone appreciates having to handle files, worry about syncing, security etc.

New comment by thecodrr in "Notesnook – open-source and zero knowledge private note taking app"

thecodrr — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:03:43 +0000

We are very close to fully supporting self hosted Notesnook. After v3 that'll be our primary focus. That and an audit.