It can still be used for free as from my experience and the docs, monthly bills under $5 are free.

Can you link to the docs you’re talking about? The docs I see say you need to have a legacy account.

I can’t find it in their docs but they stated it in the announcement email for pay-as-you-go. I also have received a email saying they covered my ~$0.18 bill for the month. You could probably contact support for more clarification.

How did you set this up? Seems simple yet effective.

What about using browsh[0] over SSH/Mosh/HTTP?

[0]: https://www.brow.sh/

Sound dampening artwork actually seems really interesting.

Yeah, by integrating art with sound-absorbing materials, it's possible to enhance the acoustic environment and the interior design. I wonder if there is a place where foam art is on display?

EDIT: Originally I just looked at the website. Looking at the GitHub repo, I see it's a fork, which makes sense (I also didn't notice the other replies!) Either way, it's cool. I'll probably end up using this myself. I was unable to find a way to store notes in a folder or in encrypted Gists though.

This seems nearly identical to Heynote[0], which was also on HN[1]. Even the example blocks share some content with that used as an example in the screenshot on the Heynote homepage (and I think in the app too)

[0]: https://heynote.com/[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38733968

To save on disk you must use Chrome or Edge because only they support necessary APIs.

Initial note storage is in localStorage. To switch to disk: right-click for context menu, `Notes storage` / `Move notes from browser to directory`.

Then choose a directory on disk and we will do one time migration from localStorage => disk.

You can then switch to another directory (some apps call it a "workspace"). Because why not.

Encryption is probably the next feature I'll add because I want to store secrets in my notes and I'll feel better if those notes are encrypted.

More docs: https://edna.arslexis.io/help

Multiple notes is pretty big addition. I loved the concept and implementation of blocks in Heynote but a single note was a deal breaker for me.

I've also added some UI like right-click context menu for discoverability, ability to enable spell checking.

And I'm really trying to optimize for speed of use, including speed of switching between notes.

For example you can assign Alt + 0 .. Alt + 9 as note quick access shortcuts.

By default I create 3 notes: scratchpad, daily journal and inbox and they get Alt + 1, Alt + 2, Alt + 3 quick access shortcuts but you can assign them to any page you want.

Jonatan Heyman produces some pretty awesome and useful apps/tools. One should check out his work - https://heyman.info

This works great on my Pixel 6a, surprisingly.

This seems amazing, except for the fact that it's not open source and can't be self-hosted.

That, to me at least, is the most important part of a note-taking app.

This is something that we've discussed quite a bit and not completely off the table.

self-hosting would be what's important for me as well; mostly because I don't trust my data / notes being hosted by someone else. I currently use Logseq without syncing.

It’s annoying when people pester developers to open source their hard work, and not at least give a justification as to why they should do it

How do you suppose they protect their IP and what they’ve built from someone just stealing the code?

They aren't pestering the developers; they made a comment on HN about what, to them, is an essential feature of a note-taking app. The developers may never see it.

I happen to agree with them. The single most important aspect of a note-taking app is that I must own my notes. That means that I must be able to take them elsewhere if I want. Including, in fact, especially, if the company hosting them goes out of business or simply chooses to discontinue the app (looking at you, Google).

If I can take the plain text but lose the formatting or the cross-linking, that isn't good enough (hello Google Keep export).

But if lowercase can find enough customers who don't feel this way, all power to them.

What note-taking app are you using currently, if any? I've been using Silverbullet [1] for a while now and love it due to it's usage of plain-text markdown files in a normal directory structure to actually store the notes. Yet, it supports many other features such as query language and to a certain extent, federation with other SilverBullet instances. The only major downside for me is that whilst it's usable on mobile, it feels cramped.

[0]: https://silverbullet.md

Open-sourcing the code allows some level of assurance that your data is not being used for profit and that if the hosted version goes away, it can still be used as a self-hosted service.

In addition, it can allow the devs to accept contributions, making their job maintaining the program easier.

I found this interesting as it has gained a significant amount of GitHub stars in a short period of time. From a brief look at the code, it seems it just makes requests to chat.openai.com as if someone was using ChatGPT, for free, via the browser. This somehow automates it, and seemingly, without credentials.

EDIT: I didn't realize that ChatGPT can now be used without a login. That seems to be how this can function without credentials.

Agreed! This is my exact use case for Atuin and it works great, except it replaces the default, minimal control-r interface.

The post acknowledges this, but it’s more about any actual frequency range. I just think it’s an interesting question.