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herdston I don't want to read what you didn't write

You are oblivious to AI smells then. This is a very common AI writing pattern.

herdston Show HN: Non SaaS – Directory of Non SaaS Apps

Very naive take.

herdston Show HN: Free Plain-Text Bookmarking

Why is MongoDB overkill?

herdston The Best Essay

Paul’s blog looking a bit different!

herdston GitJournal: Mobile first Markdown notes synchronized with Git

I read your 'About me' section, and how you are a privacy enthusiast.

How does this hold up with storing notes in Git (which usually means syncing to github etc.)? I mean of course you can self-host to keep your notes privately, but does this support encrypted notes? I imagine git history works poorly if notes are encrypted.

herdston Firefly III: A free and open-source finance manager

Agree, ive installed this in the past and it was a pain in the ass. If i ever did budgeting/financial tracking again i would use a paid option

herdston Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense

This is such a poorly written and nonsensical article. I get the hate for blockchain but please at least share something that makes sense.

herdston .NET Myths Dispelled

I really dont think an interviewer is gonna care if all your experience is in C# rather than Java. The language itself is basically the same thing.

herdston Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

I used it for quite some time, but a couple of things have made me stop using it as of late.

Firstly, its just not very nice to look at, especially compared to something like Notion. I want something thats a joy to work in.

Secondly, the mobile experience kinda sucks. I used to use it to maintain a list of when i've taken my medication. Upon opening the app, i first have to wait to make sure my notes are fully synced from anything I changed on my laptop. Then once ive updated the note, I have to wait for the notes to be synced before i close it. If you close the app before syncing completes, it wont work.

Also all sorts of UX issues in the app, primary one I can think of is the keyboard going over the top of the text you are trying to write.

In general, a lot of the time I dont really have the need to have a see both a markdown-rendered window, and the text window. I end up closing the markdown-render window so I have more screen area to see what im writing. But then it just doesn't look good?

Im not trying to hate on Joplin, I really want to enjoy it. I even wrote a plugin for it. Does anyone have any similar thoughts?