Windi
Productivity
note-taking
SHOW HN2022
110points
40comments
#569of 2,570 in 2022
Top 23%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Design: 2 for, 4 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple landing page and design
From 2 comments
That is a beautifully simple and informative landing page! I especially like that there isn't a clutter of menu options. You scroll and click on what looks interesting to you.…
tommiegannert on HNI have to say, this is a very well designed app. Since you talk about local only app , I can suggest bangle.io [1] - a local only operative note taking app. [1]…
kushan2020 on HN
Generous free plan
From 1 comment
Looks well-executed and the free plan is very generous with unlimited notes compared to other recent note-taking services. But for knowledge management, I still think a…
anon2020dot00 on HN
Telegram bot makes quick capture easy
From 1 comment
The Telegram bot is an amazing idea/feature! Especially because I noticed that a lot of how much I use these apps depends on how little friction there is to using them. I'd love…
mahathu on HN
Objections
Data stored on a server, privacy concerns; local-only preferred
From 2 comments
Looks well-executed and the free plan is very generous with unlimited notes compared to other recent note-taking services. But for knowledge management, I still think a…
anon2020dot00 on HNCall me old school, but I don’t want this kind of stuff on someone else’s server. My company’s IT policy agree as well. We really need all these SaaS apps in containerized forms…
lokimedes on HN
Name collides with Frida Windi baby product and Windy weather
From 3 comments
The name really stuck out to me, it's also the name of a product you stick up a babies butt[1] https://frida.com/products/windi
shmatt on HNTo me, and presumably other parents in NA and the EU, a Windi is a small plastic tube device that you insert into the rectum of a baby to relieve gas pressure:…
phasetransition on HNYou might want to rethink the name. There's a weather phenomenon called "wind" where difference in pressure causes air movement between two locations. The name collision between…
cooperadymas on HN
Landing page blank without JavaScript
From 1 comment
Meta: this has been bugging me for ages as I see it becoming more and more common (I think it’s over half of such “Show HN” sites with their own domains now that are blank for…
chrismorgan on HN
Requests
Local replica or local-only mode
From 2 comments
Looks well-executed and the free plan is very generous with unlimited notes compared to other recent note-taking services. But for knowledge management, I still think a…
anon2020dot00 on HNWould also dig a local version!
thoughtpalette on HN
File upload support
From 1 comment
An important part of my workflow[1] is similar to this approach. I believe it's got a lot of potential if done right. One concern I have is the lack of file upload support (I…
bachmeier on HN
Link button with note search autocomplete
From 1 comment
I think you should add a link button. When I highlight text, I can click the link button, then it should bring up an auto-complete search box for what I am trying to link.
olah_1 on HN
Graph view showing note titles
From 1 comment
The graph view for notes is not helpful because it shows a bunch of gibberish like date, url?, etc. Perhaps add a Title field on notes so that we can control what shows up on the…
olah_1 on HN
Questions
Support for code and EU data protection compliance
From 1 comment
This looks like something I am looking for; not quite sure yet, though. - Does it support writing code? - Can I use it in an European corporate setting (privacy, data protection,…
lysium on HN
Concurrent editing support
From 1 comment
This looks like something I am looking for; not quite sure yet, though. - Does it support writing code? - Can I use it in an European corporate setting (privacy, data protection,…
lysium on HN
How to create bidirectional links
From 1 comment
The graph view for notes is not helpful because it shows a bunch of gibberish like date, url?, etc. Perhaps add a Title field on notes so that we can control what shows up on the…
olah_1 on HN
Alternatives named
Supernotes
From 1 comment
This is interesting -- it reminds me a lot of https://supernotes.app. I like how simple and small this is, as well as its support for history out of the gates. :)
tekacs on HN
mdsilo (open source)
From 1 comment
Yeah, here is a such service: https://mdsilo.com/ and it is open source
ihndan on HN
Bangle.io
From 1 comment
I have to say, this is a very well designed app. Since you talk about local only app , I can suggest bangle.io [1] - a local only operative note taking app. [1]…
kushan2020 on HN
Google Keep
From 1 comment
The Telegram bot is an amazing idea/feature! Especially because I noticed that a lot of how much I use these apps depends on how little friction there is to using them. I'd love…
mahathu on HN