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Re:Show HN: CLI plain-text notes & bookmarks with Git, sync,... by pantulis on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:04AM (#24716634)
Why did you decide to go with Bash instead of another scripting language like Python or Ruby? Portability? "Just because"?

I am not bashing Bash ;) but genuinously interested in the motivations as a programmer. You have stated that the Bash shortcomings are "interesting", so I guess it boils down to some kind of "who cares, let's do it with Bash".

I tried nb yesterday and damn if it had a native capture tool for macOS and iOS this would be the perfect Evernote replacement for me.

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Re:Show HN: CLI plain-text notes & bookmarks with Git, sync,... by xwmx on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:46AM (#24720223)
Portability, philosophy, style. I find that designing within constraints can lead to interesting solutions, and this project has focused on embracing and leveraging the command line interface itself.
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