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Years ago I just used Jupyter notebooks with a bash (or many others) backend to have a similar thing.

Jupyter is great. From what I recall it's bash kernel isn't a real terminal session so sudo prompts, top, etc can tend to get a bit wonky. I also have a preference towards Markdown over .ipynb.

This is all valid, but I'd suggest rethinking the slogan "The notebook that runs code" at the top of the README. I much prefer .md too and haven't used notebooks regularly in years, but nevertheless I scoffed when I read that (I thought: hasn't this guy heard of Jupyter?). I believe you'd be better off not calling this a "notebook" at all since that terms tends to describe something slightly different than what you have here.

Good feedback. Perhaps "Runnable markdown notes" instead of "The notebook that runs code".

In truth I think it was just the use of the definite article that got me. This is a notebook that runs code, not the notebook that runs code. I just think this is cool and it could be better differentiated.

Yes, strong Hammacher Schlemmer vibes. I noticed years ago that they try to make every product sound like the pinnacle by prefacing it with "The". Somewhat effective, until you catch on.

https://hammacher.com/

ha. Fair point. I'll work to soften it a bit. Not meaning to imply "first and only"

I like what the other commenter said: "org-mode for muggles" XD - pretty cool project nonetheless!

Scoffing and thinking "hasn't this guy heard of Jupyter" says more about your attitude than it does the tool or its README copy.

Hasn't this guy heard of [old product that is a huge pain and no one likes]? Why would he ever make something that suits his own interests and preferences?

Yes, exactly. I'm sharing with this creator what my initial knee-jerk reaction was, admittedly exaggerating a bit. In case he'd like to avoid other people having a similar reaction. (And indeed, he thanked me for my feedback.)

It seems like you think that pointing out that I'm sharing my attitude is some sort of gotcha, but I'm confused. Sharing one's attitude is the whole point of posting an internet comment, isn't it?

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