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Show HN: Remen – Open-Source Privacy Focused Productivity App

https://github.com/moeen-mahmud/remen

I started working on this project while doing R&D on how to run an LLM on a device efficiently. Built this for me and have been using it since January. It's helping me, and I think it'll be helpful for others, too.I'd appreciate any feedbackPublic beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/Aj9xnfQu Github repo: https://github.com/moeen-mahmud/remen

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I've been using Apple Notes and Google Keep for years. I'm a big fan of the simplicity and ease of use. But most of the time, I always forget the keywords to search for a specific note. This project was started as an R&D to see if I can run a language model on a device to make it simple and easier to capture my messy thoughts, voices, tasks, scans, reminders and organize (because I'm a lazy a$$, can't even want to add a title) them in a way that I can easily search for them later. What I wanted to do was dump my thoughts so that it would be easier to retrieve.

I wanted to make it minimal and maximize the privacy and the robustness. After using my app for a few weeks, I believe it would be a good fit for anyone looking for a similar experience.

With this, you can: - Create notes (on-device LLM will take care of categorizing, tagging, and generating a title) - Text embeddings based on your notes for semantic search - OCR for quick scan and extract contents - Voice capture - Add tasks and reminders

This is an open-source project, and I'm planning to share the TestFlight link. If you're interested in contributing or joining as a beta tester, please leave a comment.

Thanks for checking this out, good day.

Github: https://github.com/moeen-mahmud/remen

Thank you, fixed that
Hey everyone, I've trimmed down the video to 55 seconds. Besides, I'll be working on pivoting the idea if needed based on your feedback. Thank you all for your valuable insights.
Thank you, I'll try to do it better next time.
Thanks, that will be time-saving.
Could you tell me more about this idea? I'm not getting it.
Your question is perfectly fine. I used magic UI with shadcn
Just read your post. Honestly, I didn't think that way for sharing code. Thank you so much for this! Bookmarked.
Yeah, maybe an extension is not enough.
That's a good idea. I'll try to add something similar as well.
Seeing this command, I think most of us save more "commands" than "code". In my case, most of them are "commands" rather than "code", because I always forget.
Could you tell me more about the workflow where you worked? Like, how do you guys share code among the team members?
OP here,

I apologize for the longer video, I should've done a short video rather than explaining the whole thing. Didn't realize it'd impact that much. I can understand your frustration. Give me some hours to make a new one.

I'm sorry, it was my first time creating any product and thinking about SaaS, and I'm still learning it. Please correct me, it'll help me improve and do better.

I'll do that ASAP
Amazing idea!! It starts making me think differently. Thank you so much for sharing this. Could you tell me more about storing and sharing the "gist/pastes" for later use? For example the link validity, or share only with a certain group of people?
> The "lifetime" access is referring to my life, or the life of the service? ;)

Loved that question!

Yeah, I also think it'd be better to let people use Gist/Pastebin as their backend of choice.

That's what I wanted to learn. Maybe I should start with "I" instead of "We"
Yeah, this is a good approach. However, I was thinking about real-time.
With TurboGist, you don't need to create a Pastebin and paste that link on Slack to send a piece of code. You'll generate a link to add team members to your team, then just share the code with anyone or everyone on your team.
Your observation is correct. However, I wanted to have a group of users as beta users to get better engagement. What about you get storage with lifetime access, and the "shared code" will be there as long as you don't delete it?
That's a good idea. It's my first time creating something real, from development to video demos or writing this reply. I'll surely try to do better.
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback. If I cut the vscode extension feature, would you use the other feature which is an alternative to PasteBin or GithubGist?
I'll check it out and fix that ASAP. Thanks for pointing out!
I'll check it out. But I couldn't find a better demo video-capturing tool for vscode. Do you know something like this?
Thank you for your detailed comment and for mentioning the Application Error. Did you land on my page, or was the error blocking it? Please tell me so I can fix that.

You address your thoughts. The snippet folder just works fine, but I was thinking something about real-time, like chatting. I was thinking of making it self-host as an alternative to PasteBin and GithubGist, not only for extensions. But your insight is good. The problem with Slack or Microsoft Teams is the same. People don't even bother to format it; maybe they don't have time to do it. That was the actual pain point for me as well.

Could you tell me more about how I can improve it? Most importantly if it can bring up a better solution compared to Slack, PasteBin, and in-repository "/snippet" folder, would you use it?

Do you have any suggestions, on which thing would add value? Or how I should think about solving the problem?
What about I introduce a short-cut key?

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