<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: zakirullin</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=zakirullin</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 23:45:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=zakirullin" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zakirullin in "Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thanks for your warm words!<p>I did a lot of experimentations with the UX/UI and colors, glad you appreciated the effort :)</p>
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<p>Maybe the app should be available at files.md?<p>Not under app.files.md? What do you think?</p>
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<p>As soon as all major browsers support Local FileSystem API :)</p>
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<p>Thanks! I love being honest. Notes alone wouldn't do.</p>
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<p>I added a table with all possible setup options: <a href="https://github.com/zakirullin/files.md#ways-to-use-it" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/zakirullin/files.md#ways-to-use-it</a></p>
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<p>You'll right on this - I'll cover this in great detail.<p>You don't need to spin up the server, only in case you want your own infra.<p>Optional sync is only working with chatbot auth for now, but I'll do something about it.</p>
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<p>Thanks for writing this!<p>That was a long journey for me :)<p>Good luck with your project as well.</p>
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<p>BTW, this is not an AI codebase :)<p>It was mostly crafted by hand.<p>Let's say, I've saved some "complexity space" for LLM to add features on top.<p>In other words, the project has dumb-simple code right now, and it is ready to hold some amount of "tech-debt" from an LLM.</p>
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<p>I bought this domain with the promise that one day I'll release my pet-project.<p>So did I, 3 years later :)</p>
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<p>Once they'll support Local FileSystem API!</p>
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<p>Hm. I thought that there's one single binary + one script to deploy, so Docker is not needed...</p>
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<p>In Safari it should work in OPFS.<p>Because Safari still doesn't support Local FileSystem API :(</p>
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<p>Thanks. Even though there's "LICENSE.md 3 years ago" file, today I also added this text :)<p>This is hand crafted, for the most part.</p>
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<p>All the friends that started years ago also use the app to this very day.</p>
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<p>Sure.<p>I can't live without it :)<p>Notes, journal, tasks, projects - everything is in there.<p>Whenever I have a new machine, first thing I do - I open the app =)</p>
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<p>Thanks!<p>I've been growing my knowledge base for many years, with great results.<p>And you really need all that much to start taking notes.<p>No techniques, no workflows, just the the simplest setup would do.<p>"Second Brain", however, brings excitement to people's minds.<p>But in reality it just doesn't work. It makes great sales, though.</p>
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<p>Thanks! That's what I was striving for :)<p>Simplicity started from the domain name.</p>
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<p>You can use any browser.<p>But Local File System API has limited support in other browsers.</p>
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<p>Well, that sounds great, actually.</p>
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<p>> Very nice domain! Did you always own "files.md"?<p>Thanks! I bought it about 3 years ago. Back then, the project was just a chatbot.<p>But already back then, I kind of had an idea where I want it all to go.<p>I wanted the simplicity (and 0 cognitive load!) to start right from the domain name! Files in .md - files.md!<p>>  Re storing things on your server, what is the security layer around that?<p>For the most part I use the project from my Telegram bot. And due to that, it is not possible to do proper E2E.<p>Will see if people use the chatbot, if not, we can consider E2E.</p>
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