Re:Show HN: Lurnby, a tool for better learning, is now open ...
by pbronez on Friday February 11, 2022 @10:43AM
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I would get a lot of value out of a tool like this. I have a strong preference for a portable executable and file-based storage. Performance can be a problem with those, but I want to use my existing file management and synchronization tools as much as possible.
If that's not possible, than my second preference is a docker-based deployment on Unraid. That's the easiest way for me to self-host. Nice to be able to point to an existing DB for that too.
Re:Show HN: Lurnby, a tool for better learning, is now open ...
by Vivtek on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:56PM
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Flask is pretty lightweight and will run under anything. Including compiling to a portable executable.
I mean, potentially.
I'm 100% with you on file-based storage and flexible storage interchange APIs. I have a bunch of stuff I'd like this kind of tool to interoperate with.
A version that runs just locally on the computer would also work, but that wasn't the main focus of this particular iteration.
I haven't built a robust offline functionality yet. That's something I'm thinking of doing in the near future. Was thinking of having your X most recent articles cached.
It parses the content of articles and stores the text in a db. Then as you highlight and add notes, the text gets updated with the annotations.
It doesn't pull multipage documentation. Each url should be added manually.
At least for now.