MonoCorpus
Dev tools
note taking app
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Open source backend appreciated
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. It's good to see another note app that also has an open source backend. I'm personally using StandardNotes (https://standardnotes.org) for note taking, which…
trulyrandom on HN
Looks useful for technical operations workflow
From 1 comment
This looks quite good for my technical operations workflow actually.. ETA on when it will be available?
indigodaddy on HN
Objections
Team collaboration not yet available in open source version
From 1 comment
the open source version is available if you want to use it immediately. There's no team functionality, however. I'm hoping to get a more fully-featured product out in a few months.
mtbarta on HN
Not clear why to use it over keeping notes in source code
From 2 comments
Sorry, but I can't understand why should I use this app instead of saving notes in a source code?
Telichkin on HNNotes are structured differently than source code. My notes contain things like tasks, each affecting many source files, sometimes dozens, design notes affecting the code…
TeMPOraL on HN
Mobile layout of screenshots breaks
From 1 comment
One of the screenshots doesn’t resize properly down to mobile. FYI.
perishabledave on HN
Requests
Mobile-friendly layout
From 1 comment
One of the screenshots doesn’t resize properly down to mobile. FYI.
perishabledave on HN
Search over notes
From 1 comment
I built something like this to use locally and I found it to be one of the most useful tools. For me the Search feature is what really did it, tagging articles so I could look…
smashpanda on HN
Questions
Why use MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch together
From 1 comment
I know I'm playing armchair architect here, but MongoDB, PostgreSQL AND Elasticsearch? For an application like this I would expect just PostgreSQL with its built-in JSON datatype…
simonw on HN
What problem does it solve beyond existing note apps
From 1 comment
I see a lot of the note apps popping up - what is the fundamental problem that people are trying to solve that hasn't been solved by all the other apps? Is it collaboration or…
jgforbes on HN
Alternatives named
Org-mode and Emacs
From 1 comment
No note-taking thread could be complete without someone mentioning Emacs and org-mode, so let's be done with this already. Comparing this app to Emacs/org-mode, I'd say that the…
TeMPOraL on HN
Standard Notes
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. It's good to see another note app that also has an open source backend. I'm personally using StandardNotes (https://standardnotes.org) for note taking, which…
trulyrandom on HN
Joplin
From 1 comment
I was an avid user of StandardNotes (particularly a fan of the minimalism), but I've since been really taken by Joplin[0] and end up evangelizing for it whenever I can. Joplin's…
jszymborski on HN
Notion
From 1 comment
You should check out notion.so
csytan on HN
TiddlyWiki
From 1 comment
I use TiddlyWiki for note taking, and I think it has most everything you’re asking for. Except, my one complaint is that it uses an odd dialect of markdown.
schuetze on HN