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mobitaron The Plain Text Project

Ah yeah, it would most likely have been the reason we updated our syncing engine in June of 2019. I don't believe you'd experience any of the same issues today.

mobitaron The Plain Text Project

Do you recall when this was? This kind of feedback is highly unusual for us. Most users love SN precisely for its reliable sync. Our syncing engine underwent large-scale changes in June/July of this year to solve an edge case with opening out-of-date clients. If you experienced any issues after this date with updated clients, I'd be very surprised, but would love to hear more if you can spare a moment.

The only other issue we have heard of precisely one other time has to do with Firefox pinned tabs + some assortment of Firefox browser extensions. To be clear, any reproducible issues with syncing are 100% fixed as quickly as possible.

Lastly, regarding our API for syncing, while our encryption specification is described in plain text detail, you'd have to inspect our source to see how syncing works.

mobitaron I stopped setting a financial goal for my SaaS

Three years is typically just the tip of the iceberg ;) There's probably at least a decade's worth of failures that lead up to finally having a successful product.

mobitaron I stopped setting a financial goal for my SaaS

I had a similar experience growing my company (funnily enough, also a note taking app). When I reached the point where I had everything I needed, I had to ask myself, why keep going?

The answer for me was a custom-fitted realization that building a company is to be treated no different than a game. A factory building simulation game, like Factorio. The goal isn't to achieve operational bliss, because that goal is wickedly unattainable (or also extremely attainable, but would mean you'd accomplish that goal by simply just not playing at all). It is instead to grow, build, scale, solve, for no reason other than it being enjoyable to do so. Because playing the game, for problem-solving minded individuals, is a lot more stimulating than not playing it.

I wrote more about my personal experience with this here:

https://listed.to/@mo/2476/play-the-game

mobitaron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)

Standard Notes | Senior Fullstack Developer | Remote, Chicago | Full-time

Standard Notes is looking for our first full stack engineer. This is a high-autonomy job, and you will have a large say in shaping the architecture of the product.

Our technology stack includes:

- JavaScript (web app)

- React Native (mobile app)

- Electron (desktop app wrapping web app)

- Ruby on Rails (servers and website)

- AWS (Linux/MySQL)

JavaScript experience is crucial, and Ruby/Rails experience is optimal.

The salary range for this role is $50k-$65k USD, which makes this an ideal position for Europe and South America based developers. If you have different salary requirements, please mention this in your email.

You'll be working directly with our engineering founder (Mo) to scale and improve our product, and solve interesting problems at the intersection of privacy/security and user-friendly productivity software. This role has the potential to lead quite naturally into a leadership/VP position in a short period of time, with the right candidate.

You can take a look at most of our stack on our GitHub page (github.com/standardnotes). Feel free to browse around, and if working on projects like these sounds like something you'd be into, get in touch! Please send your resume, along with any online profiles (personal site, GitHub, StackOverflow, Twitter, etc), to mo@standardnotes.org.

mobitaron Show HN: Technical note app that builds a knowledge base

Standard Notes’ cryptography was audited by a third party security firm: https://listed.standardnotes.org/@sn/821/announcing-our-secu...

mobitaron Dbxfs – A Dropbox-backed file system

If you want to have encryption with Dropbox, we just launched FileSafe at Standard Notes. It encrypts files client side then uploads to Dropbox (or any WebDAV server).

https://listed.standardnotes.org/@sn/2703/encrypt-your-dropb...

mobitaron Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce

For an open-source Evernote alternative, feel free to check out Standard Notes. It’s a cross platform notes app with sync and e2e encryption:

https://standardnotes.org

It’s a project I’ve been working on for a couple years, and has made its rounds on HN in the past. Thought I’d share again for anyone seeking alternatives.

mobitaron Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

For an encrypted and open source alternative to Evernote, feel free to check out Standard Notes: https://standardnotes.org

It focuses on simplicity and longevity, and isn’t backed by VC. You can also self host both the server and the web app.

mobitaron Ask HN: How do you take notes?

This will link directly to the web app. For more info about Standard Notes, feel free to check out https://standardnotes.org

mobitaron Ask HN: How do you take notes?

I use and develop Standard Notes. It’s an open source encrypted note taking app available on all platforms:

https://github.com/standardnotes/web

mobitaron Show HN: Google Drive as a file system

There's a similar tool someone made for Standard Notes to mount your notes as a filesystem:

https://github.com/tannercollin/standardnotes-fs

mobitaron RemoteStorage – An open protocol for per-user storage on the Web

You can also check out Standard File, which aims to accomplish something similar (namely, trustless servers for end-to-end encrypted client application). It's currently being used in Standard Notes with great success.

https://standardfile.org

mobitaron Alternatives to Google Products

Alternative to Google Keep: Standard Notes.

https://standardnotes.org.

Encrypted, open source, and cross platform :)

mobitaron Ask HN: Which VPN?

I created a subjective guide based on my experiences which might be useful to you:

https://vpnreport.org

mobitaron A more privacy-friendly blog

I work on Listed as part of Standard Notes, which is a privacy focused blogging platform focused on authors, and allows authors to receive tips, sell content, and use custom CSS.

More here: https://listed.standardnotes.org

mobitaron Curated List of Privacy Respecting Services and Software

Standard Notes for private, encrypted notes :) (Alternative to Evernote I work on) https://standardnotes.org

mobitaron Ask HN: What tools do you use to take learning notes and organise them?

I use and develop Standard Notes: https://standardnotes.org.

Full encryption + cross-platform.

mobitaron Ask HN: How to collect analytics for a selfhosted web app where privacy matters

I use Piwik (now Matomo) for Standard Notes (https://standardnotes.org) and have had no problems with it.

mobitaron Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

I use (and develop) Standard Notes (https://standardnotes.org). It's dead simple, but that's good enough for me. I use the task editor to keep track of todos for updates and other projects.

mobitaron Ask HN: What do you use to jot down random thoughts and ideas at any time/place?

Thank you!

mobitaron Ask HN: What do you use to jot down random thoughts and ideas at any time/place?

I use and develop Standard Notes :) Simple and private. https://standardnotes.org

mobitaron Shoutem – A platform to build, publish, and manage React Native apps

In case you’re curious about React Native in general, I wrote about my positive experience with it when shipping a cross-platform (encrypted) notes app: https://listed.standardnotes.org/@mo/235/i-ve-seen-heaven-an...

mobitaron Ask HN: How do you take idea notes / voice memos / reminders to yourself?

An important goal we have is to make sure that the web app and desktop app are 1:1, so that any way you depend on using the app can be accessed any time using a browser. This requires a different, hosted architecture. I don't think this will be its final form however.

In the future, I could imagine for example a desktop app that runs all of the extensions locally (but would mean no web access). But the hosted architecture is not bad. The only remote connection made is when the script is first downloaded. After that, the note editing all happens locally in-frame, and the end-to-end architecture remains intact. The question really becomes, can you trust the script that's initially loaded? This will be up to the user. The editor feature is a layer of convenience that comes at a minor cost of potential privacy, but is no more untrustworthy than the SN web app you load in your browser (assuming the editor is coming from our servers and not some random link).

mobitaron Ask HN: How do you take idea notes / voice memos / reminders to yourself?

Hmm, I see. Not sure if I'm completely following your understanding though. There is only 1 product version. The paid add-on is a sort of app store that allows you to install extensions on top of the core experience. If you get a chance, please email me at mo@standardnotes.org to explain a bit more. Would be super helpful.

mobitaron Ask HN: How do you take idea notes / voice memos / reminders to yourself?

Yes, you can check out the Vim editor: https://standardnotes.org/extensions/vim-editor

mobitaron Ask HN: How do you take idea notes / voice memos / reminders to yourself?

https://standardnotes.org

I either use an "ideas" tag in Standard Notes, or have 1 pinned note called "Ideas" or "Journal" that I constantly make updates to.

This is an app I've been building for over a year now. Benefits are encryption + cross-platform sync.

mobitaron You should quit your job

Sounds about right ;)

mobitaron I hate marketing

Hmm, that's interesting.

mobitaron I hate marketing

Interesting perspective. That does make sense. I guess what's really hard for me is doing both. And when I try to do both, I only end up doing the engineering part well, and botching the social part.