bornon5

How are you using Syncthing on iOS?

I want to be able to access the same content from my laptop, phone, and tablet. I used Obsidian for a while with a convoluted setup (a Git repo with an iOS shortcut that fetched when the Obsidian app was launched), but it proved too slow and error-prone to continue using.

I want the whole stack to be open source, which is why I’m not using Obsidian Sync or an iOS Syncthing client. So while I don’t technically need web client, I don’t know of any other solution that would work for me.

The ideal “knowledge base” app I’ve been searching for is as follows:

  - Self-hosted
  - Attractive web client that loads very quickly and works well on mobile
  - Can point it at a nested directory of text/markdown and image/pdf files (no sql database)
  - Text files are editable in place (no “edit” button, etc.)
  - Markdown displays in a plain-text view (no hidden formatting characters, no “rich text” editor)

Every app I’ve tried misses at least of these. The closest I’ve found, strangely, is vscode-server, which is just too bloated and mobile-unfriendly to work for me. I’m perpetually a millimeter away from writing my own, but I feel like I need to stop doing that.

Does this app exist?

Nice to see this here. I’ve using a tablet for cursor movement since around 2010, and I find it amazing except for one small issue I’ve never been able to solve: tapping with the pen in order to click is finicky, because if I even drag a few pixels during the tap, it turns into a drag gesture.

Right now I’m using a Huion tablet, which does not appear to allow customizing the drag-to-disable-click distance. Is there any Mac utility that would work for this?

I agree about the left-right issue. I just can’t get acclimated to the current controls. Lovely game though, still good fun :)

+1 for Outline! Self-hosted server and web app, clean codebase, loads fast, mobile friendly, actively maintained. I had tried Obsidian, Trilium, TiddlyWiki, and all the rest (not to mention Notion, Bear, etc.). Outline is the first knowledge base I’ve tried that checks almost every box.

(The only unchecked box is that data is stored in a database instead of markdown files, but I decided to let go of that one.)

Edit: Funny, this thread is discussing two different Outlines. I’m talking about https://www.getoutline.com/.

Fastmail’s calendar does exactly this - infinite continuous scroll - and I love it. I also find it constricting when I use another calendar (Google Calendar, for instance) that paginates by month.

Edit: An image of the Fastmail calendar: https://www.fastmail.com/images/features/cal-1.png

As a fun counterpoint about case sensitivity in English, consider:

- The man spoke to God, saying he had made poor decisions.

- The man spoke to God, saying He had made poor decisions.

I agree with you on this. Ultimately I think there's an element of pride ("I don't get taken in by scams!") that I would do well to shed. But looking at the vague list of attributes:

  - celebrity doctor  
  - passionate followers  
  - findings not accepted by mainstream medicine
  - touts a worldview I want to be true

I have trouble seeing what's qualitatively different from your average daytime TV doctor selling supplements. The big distinction is almost certainly that people who seem smart recommend it, which as I mentioned to the poster above, may now be enough.

Thanks for this. I've struggled with the effective-vs-true question, even to the point of panicking that I had read too much about the placebo effect for it to work on me. I like your #3 - I'll give it a real shot.

I've seen this book recommended from time to time. I have a condition that falls within the book's purported domain, but when I read the synopsis, it raised all kinds of red flags. As a skeptic, what about this book let it through your filters? I really want to be open to it.

Blindsight, by Peter Watts. It's a sci-fi novel that asks fascinating questions about sentience and intelligence, and made me stare at the ceiling for weeks after I finished it.

I'm not always sure. There was a Lifehacker feature, and it's been on one of the App Store productivity lists for a few months, but daily sales vary mysteriously and I have no idea where the little spikes come from.

Continuo - http://continuoapp.com

It's a numbers-free habit tracker for iOS, for people who want to self-track but don't want to deal with remembering and inputting precise values all the time.

I'm not buying helicopters off of it, but it brings in $400-$600/month, plus I occasionally get to hear nice little self-improvement stories from my customers.

Plenty of professional animators use rotoscoping. Modern CG animators often reference video recordings of themselves acting. It's just another tool, not some form of cheating.

Given the tone of the site, I assume it's the creator's friend, or maybe the creator. Personally I think it's a hilarious change from the fake-looking testimonials you usually see on startup sites.

Edit: yup. :)

No worries, the bassoon is never anyone's first choice ;)

Not to derail, but as a bassoon player, I'm curious how you landed on the name.

Update: The fixed version is live, and I have confirmation that it's working correctly on iPhone 6+.

For anyone using an iPhone 6+ experiencing a crash: It's a memory issue specific to the 6+, and I've submitted an update that corrects this. Apple's doing an expedited review, so the fix should be out very soon.

Yeah, this was a strangely tough screen to design. There's no established shorthand for "swipe this way" - I tried arrows in both directions, and each time approximately half of my testers swiped the wrong way. Gotta think about this one more - it's definitely not the user's fault here!

That's so nice to hear. I've so been nervous about launching and this incredible HN community makes that fear seem ridiculous. Thank you!

Awesome, thanks for the support!

Shucks. If you would email me at [email protected], I'd be very grateful.

It's stored locally, and does not currently sync. I'm actively trying to figure out sync for multiple devices, but at best that'll be months away (if I do it, I want to do it right. I have nightmares about losing people's data).

Thanks! I'm definitely intrigued, but I can't promise anything because I don't really know what's involved in porting it. But it's on the table!

Thank you!

The reminder icon was a tough one, and ended up in the main header based on beta test feedback (and my own opinion). But you're right to catch that possibility, and I'll keep it in mind. :)

I got worried about supporting older OSes (there have apparently been changes to push notifications between 7 and 8). Probably not a necessary limitation, but as a relatively new developer I'm playing it very safe.

Wow, you've made my day. Thank you for this, and for so perfectly understanding my intention.

I totally agree. In this case I made this app initially for myself, and the current feature set is exactly what I want, so I'm not really tempted to bloat it with features. Thanks for the feedback!