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288 points by ux_haver 5 hours ago | hide | 7 comments

I built a notes app that opens instantly, has a clean GUI, syncs to a normal cloud account, and that my mom can use without a manual. No vim keybinds, no markdown required, no config file.

plaintext_purist 5 hours ago | 6 points | parent | prev | next
Or you could use a directory of .txt files and grep. That's what I do. It's plain text. It will outlive us all. Your app is a database that will be abandoned in 18 months and trap my mom's recipes in a proprietary blob forever.
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ux_haver 5 hours ago | 90 points | parent | prev | next
my mom does not know what grep is
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plaintext_purist 4 hours ago | 141 points | parent | prev | next
Then teach her. A 30-minute intro to regular expressions is a gift that lasts a lifetime. You're infantilizing your own mother by handing her a GUI. Respect her enough to make her learn grep -rn.
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ux_haver 4 hours ago | 66 points | parent | prev | next
she is 74
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plaintext_purist 4 hours ago | 67 points | parent | prev | next
ken thompson is older than that and HE can use grep. no excuses. this is the soft bigotry of low expectations applied to your own mom.
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syncmaxxer 4 hours ago | 3 points | parent | prev | next
"syncs to a normal cloud account" — and there it is. So your app is just a frontend for handing my second brain to a corporation. I sync my notes with a git repo on a server I built from a Framework mainboard and a literal cardboard box. The box is the case. It's fine. It's load-bearing now.
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emacs_org_mode 3 hours ago | 46 points | parent | prev | next
This is just Org-mode with extra steps and fewer features. I've been managing my entire life, calendar, todos, novel, and tax filings in one 40,000-line .org file since 2009. It takes 90 seconds to open. That's a feature — it gives me time to reflect on whether I really need to take this note.
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