public servant engineers are token poor and will be out of the latest defense tools

This is another game, my focus is to sweat the details and try new approaches/new tech. I also think most editors don't really do a good job so wanted to build something for myself.

Lastly I wanted to build something silly, there isn't a lot of software that looks like Winamp, this is my small ode to those days.

Maybe I spent so much time using AI that I started to write like them?

Not ideal, I know, but maybe it gives you a great typing UX at least

Without the constraints of a usual project, I feel I'll actually work on it for a much longer time.

I didn't add any story or personal background because I didn't think anyone would care, but good idea! In the meantime, you can follow along on x: @thiago_peres

I was frustrated with writing apps, and like most I used Apple Notes. After 2+ years immersed in Cursor, Codex and CC, I wished some interactions existed in a text editor.

The Markdown renders in place as you write it, including tables (which you can drag and resize without lining up pipes), KaTeX math and Mermaid diagrams. A lot of thought went into typography and the writing experience.

Your notes on the Mac are plain .md files in a folder with images next to them, so they open in anything else too. Each note keeps 200 versions. If you share a note with a link it syncs peer to peer over WebRTC while someone has it open, and the server that connects you only ever sees a random room id.

Most of the ~1,000 commits went into the editor itself. It's a contenteditable, and I don't let the browser restructure the document at all, which was a lot more work than I expected. Building this to be performant and cross-platform required some novel approaches, which I'll later open source. The editor is free with no account or ads, and there's an optional subscription for sync through your own iCloud.

https://www.markdown.beauty

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Why? There's no why. The world doesn't need another Markdown editor. I still made one.

Everything is on-device, purposefully human-centric without being anti-AI. I built this because I wanted to work on a project that I could sweat the details unconstrained by deadlines, investors, etc.

I was frustrated with other writing experiences, and like most I gravitated to Apple Notes due to simplicity, but I still missed so many things. As someone that's spent the last 2 years immersed in Cursor, Codex and CC, I wished some of their input behaviors existed in a regular text editor.

For example, you can use / to add styles, or : to add emojis, shortcuts like < 3 for a heart, - > for an arrow, and so on. It honestly feels great.

Is it radically different than other editors? I don't think so. But I think it's well executed across every dimension possible.

Maybe one different thing: multiplayer. It's live editing like google docs, but P2P using WebRTC and strong cryptography. The limitation here is that you can only share a file while having it open yourself.

Great care was taken to performance and portability. This is one of the areas where I spent a ridiculous amount of time simply because I enjoyed pushing the limits of the stack. While using you will notice that rendering, GPU, RAM and bundle sizes were heavily optimized. The Mac app is < 50mb.

Very soon, I'll launch an iOS version with iCloud sync. In the future, I might launch basic AI features. If you miss a great text editor in your life, give it a try.

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I think a lot of people miss that for many companies, a model upgrade like this is basically a one liner.

Even if you have an amazing model router architecture (which we do for our golden flows), it’s just not worth it. Not to mention reliability and so on

But in reality, success can be savored a lot more pleasantly if you allow yourself to be conscientious of milestones and include having a great process of getting there as the definition of success.

I've met so many people (myself included) that burned themselves by thinking they will spend only a few years grinding to reach a certain milestone, and get frustrated when the narrow definition of success they've created for themselves isn't met.

I've also met a few others that have realized the above, usually with burnout then self-discovery, many which also "made it" by the standard definition, but have a strong sense of fulfillment.

Naturally the question is how. For myself, what worked is a mix of taking more risks (becoming a founder at 35+), experimentation and using various techniques (therapy, meditation, the usual suspects) to find what can drive me to work hard but with purpose or joy.

Also works great with other sources like an Xbox

I used a Pro Display XDR as my daily driver at work and the difference is minimal

they flopped this royally, just like windows mobile. they created a shitty ux by shoving it inside the bing app, then they decided to charge for it instead of capturing all enterprise value.

lastly, the product has stalled and missed on their biggest opportunity which is tapping into the data. you can think it's because of how complex it must be, but then openai and everybody else did it.

it's truly a lesson in product mismanagement, once again, from microsoft