Hacker News Reader

Agreed. When I read this article my first thought was, "What about dot"?

It can get complex, but the basic syntax is as simple as what this article suggests.

To be clear, the syntax I suggested in the article is what I want it to look like, not what I want to type in. It takes far too long to type most of those (except the lisp-style one).

I would like to be able to add nodes as easily as I add cards in Trello.

dude, it's called http://nestgrid.org. Add and rearrange nodes to your heart's content, in a beautiful ui resembling text editor or an IDE.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com