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I happily use a github repo for taking my 'programmer notes'. Advantages: 1. Goes well with my programming workflow: Change/Commit/Push 2. Allows me to use my preferred editor 3. No need to worry about backups: Git push and you're done 4. Accessible from anywhere, even if you don't have your computer

Is there anything that Quiver would offer that I wouldnt already have with a github repo?

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I do the same, bitbucket allows you to group repo's by project or team (or both) so I always create a default docs repo.

For actual notes I just use org-mode since it can be read easily in nearly anything, supports all the bits I want and has nice html/pdf export if I need to send a todo/completed list out to anyone.

What's nice is I can keep my own meta-docs project which just links to each repo for each set of projects so I can jump around different projects transparently as well.

I do the same with plain text. I find the low tech is very durable, if not such a snazzy experience.

Yeah, I use markdown files in Dropbox with vim and some snazzy plugins. It's very effective for me.

What plugins? I use the same setup but with vanilla vim.

Plugin 'godlygeek/tabular'

Plugin 'plasticboy/vim-markdown'

Plugin 'suan/vim-instant-markdown'

Plugin 'junegunn/goyo.vim'

Plugin 'amix/vim-zenroom2'

Plugin 'junegunn/limelight.vim'

I also have quite a bit of prose-related stuff that I tend to conflate, but these are the main ones.

Privacy?

Nobody forces you to push to Github.com. Git is perfectly private.

GP explicitly talks about a "github repo".

  git init --bare repo
  git clone repo clone
  cd clone
  <stuff>
  git add ...
  git commit ...
  git push

Yes, you can use git locally without pushing anywhere, including GitHub. But, the original commenter explicitly mentioned GitHub, presumably because GitHub allows a similar kind of browsing experience of the notes that Quiver does. Specifically, GitHub has a markdown renderer.

Private repository?

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