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Re:SHOW HN: Building an app to rule all web-based SaaS, need... by zhangruinan on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:05AM (#31973383)
> Instead of COPYING, we should do REFERRING.

I had this idea for over two years. A lot of time, I found myself copying data from one app/website to another. The problem with copying is that: you lose all context of your result.

To fix it, I thought instead of copying; we should do refering. Sadly, there is no "Ctrl/Cmd+C" for referring on any OS. As I dug deeper, I found some computer visionaries Ted Nelson also had this idea. Since 2019, PKM tools like RoamResearch, and Obsidian had some progress in making a personal knowledge base with links, but no one has bought the idea of linking/referring to cross-app level.

So, ambitiously, I started building my own, and here is my vision: https://medium.superus.space/my-ideal-solution-to-informatio...

Key features on my upcoming MVP:

- You can place any website on an infinite canvas

- You can refer (instead of copy) information by drag and drop

- You can navigate through apps/contents with the reference you created

- You can visually set up your daily routine (sequence of using many functional apps)

Re:SHOW HN: Building an app to rule all web-based SaaS, need... by derekzhouzhen on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @12:24AM (#31996697)
Any web application worth their salt has shareable URL, so I am not getting your point.