Promnesia
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234points
55comments
#216of 3,028 in 2020
Top 8%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
17 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Idea: 10 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Well-written write-up and clear motivation
From 3 comments
As a PhD student, your post reads like a beautiful research paper. Motivation, prior work, contributions, technical details, example use cases, self-references, future work, even…
rosstex on HNJustifications are very well-reasoned; a good read in and of itself.
owenshen24 on HNGreat write up for a problem I'm thinking about myself a lot (https://marcus-obst.de/wiki/Notetaking) Thanks also for using the Yak Shaving - for one, I got curious what was…
m-localhost on HN
Objections
Requires running a local Python server, which is a barrier
From 2 comments
This might be more suitable as a Github issue but since you're here, I'm simply getting an error using Brave: "ERROR: Failed to fetch" (shown in the extension popup when clicking…
spurgu on HNYou have to run the local Python server by following the next instructions.
rosstex on HN
Local HTTP server approach is a security risk; needs authentication
From 3 comments
Unfortunately, CORS isn't a magic bullet. Suppose a site named evil.example adds a script tag pointing to http://localhost:1234/promnesia.js and a victim loads evil.example. If…
zingermc on HNTo follow up: the solution is that the localhost server needs to make sure each API call is authorized (if you aren't already). This means there must be a login/setup step. An…
zingermc on HNI think it's becoming clear that the whole 'local web server to do system things for a browser extension' approach is probably too fraught and should be abandoned for better IPC…
pvg on HN
Requests
Mobile support
From 1 comment
I've been frustrated by many of the same things, and have recently been playing with Memex. The solution outlined here leaves me with a couple of questions, though. 1. Since…
CWuestefeld on HN
Annotation support in the extension
From 1 comment
This might be more suitable as a Github issue but since you're here, I'm simply getting an error using Brave: "ERROR: Failed to fetch" (shown in the extension popup when clicking…
spurgu on HN
Support for private or authenticated pages
From 1 comment
Nice description of what you're trying to solve - it certainly resonates with me so I plan to try it out! I've recently started trying Shiori[1] to manage my "bookmarks" and…
indentit on HN
Questions
How does it work on mobile devices?
From 1 comment
I've been frustrated by many of the same things, and have recently been playing with Memex. The solution outlined here leaves me with a couple of questions, though. 1. Since…
CWuestefeld on HN
How to aggregate data across multiple devices?
From 1 comment
I've been frustrated by many of the same things, and have recently been playing with Memex. The solution outlined here leaves me with a couple of questions, though. 1. Since…
CWuestefeld on HN
Alternatives named
Worldbrain Memex
From 2 comments
Very unlikely I'll be adding support for annotations -- the idea is using the existing tools and integrating with their data. Otherwise I end up reimplementing yet another…
karlicoss on HNI am following this post too. I meant, from the first time you published this. I am using Worldbrain's Memex 2 and when I see this post reposted, I check the "Memex 2" section.…
ybbond on HN
ArchiveBox
From 1 comment
I'm curious -- Roam Research appears to have won over a lot of folks with this kind of need recently. You didn't list Roam among the prior art -- do you think it's not really…
riverlong on HN
Roam Research
From 1 comment
I'm curious -- Roam Research appears to have won over a lot of folks with this kind of need recently. You didn't list Roam among the prior art -- do you think it's not really…
riverlong on HN
Perkeep
From 2 comments
Hey karlicoss, I'm in love with your writeup. You should know about Timeliner; Matt Holt's attempt at solving some of the data sourcing / data silo problems.…
scrollaway on HNThe motivations and analysis of current problems resonates with me deeply, thank you for the writeup! Perkeep is another project that might be interesting to analyze in this…
infogulch on HN
Timeliner
From 1 comment
Hey karlicoss, I'm in love with your writeup. You should know about Timeliner; Matt Holt's attempt at solving some of the data sourcing / data silo problems.…
scrollaway on HN