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This looks cool however how the app loads is a major issue.

I get a first paint that seems like its loaded then the page reloads. Sometimes it fails all together.

This might seem like not a big deal but speed and a well built frontend is absolutely key if you want more users for a note taking app.

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Silverbullet is a PWA that downloads all your notes and then operates on them locally, so that slow initial load happens fairly infrequently.

If this is your product, my suggestion is you might want to consider a UI element that doesn't break user expectations on load, like maybe a sync button or something that doesn't feel like a buggy frontend but feels more intentional?

It may happen infrequently once you start using it and adopting it but first impressions are important.

Otherwise looks cool and interesting, glad its open source ;)

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