Jot
Productivity
note taking
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for terminal-based note taking alongside Obsidian
From 2 comments
Cool, I'll keep an eye on it then. Linking and jumping between notes IS what I'm using to manage my notes, so it doesn't fit my workflow quite yet, but I'd love to ditch obsidian…
Version467 on HNThat was my thought / use case too. I'd love the ability to quickly add notes to my existing obsidian if I'm in the terminal. For longer notes, with images, links etc I'd rather…
pfd1986 on HN
Objections
Unclear what the tool does beyond aliasing cd, mkdir and ls
From 2 comments
Maybe I'm dumb, but I don't see what this is doing besides aliasing `cd`, `mkdir`, `ls` and `nvim note.md`?
bongobingo1 on HNI appreciate this effort, and I want to try it out... but in the README, I did not see how to literally make a note from the terminal. Is this intended to make something like…
octokatt on HN
No Obsidian vault compatibility yet
From 2 comments
> It uses the same format of storage as Obsidian... Can Obsidian and Jot co-mingle in the same vault? I use Obsidian and am very happy with the git plugin[0] and Working…
oktwtf on HNThat was my thought / use case too. I'd love the ability to quickly add notes to my existing obsidian if I'm in the terminal. For longer notes, with images, links etc I'd rather…
pfd1986 on HN
Requests
Use an existing folder as a vault or import Obsidian vaults
From 1 comment
Now that I think about it, they can, just not right now. What Jot needs is a 'use existing folder as vault' feature like in Obsidian, or an 'import vaults from Obsidian' feature.…
araekiel on HN
Linking between notes and editor/LSP integration
From 2 comments
I like that this is editor agnostic, but I also think that obsidians killer feature is the effortless linking between notes. That seems to me like it would be much easier to do…
Version467 on HNI just wrote a super simple nvim plugin in fennel that allows you to go straight to your daily note using your existing obsidian config.…
hermiod on HN
Git-based cross-device sync
From 2 comments
Oh it’s does not? What happen if the vault happen to be a git repo? I assumed that would allow to synchronize. ( nothing automatic, no concurrency management of course )
dopidopHN on HNI do plan on adding vault encryption and cross device sync (literally making a list of updates atm). Like tacostakohashi mentioned, I too have been thinking of using git for…
araekiel on HN
Questions
Can Obsidian and Jot share the same vault?
From 1 comment
> It uses the same format of storage as Obsidian... Can Obsidian and Jot co-mingle in the same vault? I use Obsidian and am very happy with the git plugin[0] and Working…
oktwtf on HN
Is this about the default FreeBSD command?
From 1 comment
Is this is about the default freebsd command?
nmz on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 2 comments
Fwiw (maybe not much :-)), for me the the killer feature of obsidian is the combination of markdown + inline image rendering + local storage. My notes are typically screenshots +…
rbetts on HNPersonally, I'd like to take notes with vim (or helix), however somehow it's still an unsolved problem to sync files with end-to-end encryption between devices, without also…
emerongi on HN
Syncthing for syncing notes
From 2 comments
Personally, I use Syncthing to sync all my notes between computers and my phone, it works great!
Mylloon on HNHave you looked at syncthing? I believe it ticks off all your boxes. I'm using it to sync my obsidian vault and Todo list between multiple android, Windows, and Linux devices and…
tcrenshaw on HN
Logseq, Dendron
From 1 comment
Cool, I'll keep an eye on it then. Linking and jumping between notes IS what I'm using to manage my notes, so it doesn't fit my workflow quite yet, but I'd love to ditch obsidian…
Version467 on HN
Shell scripts with git for notes
From 2 comments
I've got a few zsh functions that let me type "note" which creates a file named todays date (if it doesn't exist), inserts a timestamp, and opens it in vim. When I exit vim, the…
aedocw on HNMy notes system is established but this tool looks interesting. I essentially create a Github repository and journal computer and software ideas in the open in a README.md with a…
samsquire on HN