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pdepip··on Launch HN: Nao Labs (YC X25) – Cursor for Data
ignore the SSH tunneling, didn't see that i had to scroll...it's been a long week. regardless, SSL enabled connections would be huge
pdepip··on Launch HN: Nao Labs (YC X25) – Cursor for Data
Congrats on the HN launch! Really excited to give this a try I think this could be a huge unlock for my team.

One quick issue - unable to connect to my postgres instance that requires SSL.

SSH tunneling seems to be broken as well because when the box is checked I am unable to select a private key path and the connect button is gone

Parsing DB URI would be a helpful feature as well!

Thanks so much, excited to get this up and running when everything is fixed!

pdepip··on Show HN: Universal API for healthcare/life science search
Hey this looks really cool! Would be curious to know where you're getting the data for what procedures / conditions physicians deal with.
pdepip··on Starring your repo does not give you permission to spam me
I think the bigger problem is we preach user feedback as the holy grail of product growth, but it's hard to do so when you fully respect privacy (i.e. no sign ups).

For example, when I built https://github.com/pdepip/mmap.it I made the conscious decision to not require any log in information but quickly found I was unable to find who was using my product and then ask them for feedback - so user led development stalled.

pdepip··on A 13-year-old used my artificial nose to diagnose pneumonia
Does anyone have any recommended reading or resources for someone interested in getting involved in similar work?
pdepip··on Foam – A Roam Research alternative with VSCode, Markdown and GitHub
you should check out my (open source) project https://mmap.io. It's a zero hierarchy, short cut driven note tool. Would love to hear your thoughts!
pdepip··on Rich-markdown-editor: react Dropbox Paper clone
Full disclosure: I don't have a ton of experience with Dropbox Paper. From what I've seen there aren't many gaps. There are a few markdown elements in paper that I think have cleaner styling (i.e. lists). I also prefer the automatic syntax highlighting and table UI with dropbox paper. That being said, as far as inline markdown editors go, they are quite close.
pdepip··on Rich-markdown-editor: react Dropbox Paper clone
I use this for a short-cut driven note-taking app I've built, https://mmap.it. Excited to see it get some recognition, it's by far the best wysiwyg editor I've found. Best of luck with outline!
pdepip··on How Roam Research analyzes product design and team building
For me, the biggest problem with all of these note taking systems is they are clunky. If I want to quickly write something down, or find a piece of information, I have to page through tabs in chrome which totally ruins my focus.

To solve this, I built https://mmap.it - a short cut driven note taking tool that allows you to save and search without context switching.

pdepip··on Show HN: MonkeyMind – A shortcut-driven to-do list for your Mac's menu bar
Awesome! Looks similar to a short-cut driven note taking tool I'm building - https://mmap.it

Major difference is mine is focused on longer form documentation and comes with an inline markdown editor. Congrats on the launch!

pdepip··on Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
This game had such a profound impact on my life. When we were in elementary school, everybody in my town seemed to play and a lot of friendships I still have today were formed there. Private servers (moparscape.org) were the reason I got into programming, and I've been working as a software engineer for 4 years now. I didn't study it in school either, was strictly taught on runescape forums. I still check in from time to time, and can still navigate that world blindfolded.
pdepip··on Using a self-rewriting README powered by GitHub Actions to track TILs
I actually wrote a tool like this that's aimed at storing and accessing information: https://mmap.it

The main difference is it provides full text search and global keyboard shortcuts so you can access it when you need it, without context switching.

pdepip··on Show HN: Discover real and interesting thought leaders on Twitter for any topic
This is great! As someone who leverages twitter to find early users for side projects, I'll definitely be using this.

One quick nit-picky ui detail - could you potentially make the name link to twitter and not just the username. Awesome work!

pdepip··on Show HN: Mmap.it – personal search without context switching
Thanks that really means a lot, the feedback is very much appreciated!

Building from source should work on linux. I'm still ironing out a lot of the kinks, the search window going blank is at the top of my list and I am also working on editor reliability.

Hope you can get the full value out of this once I've made it more reliable!

pdepip··on Show HN: Mmap.it – personal search without context switching
Yes 100%, you're not the first person to ask. It might be sacrilegious to admit but I never use dark mode so it slipped to back of mind.
pdepip··on Show HN: Mmap.it – personal search without context switching
We are planning on releasing for both windows and linux soon. Due to the app being focused on accessibility for developer workflows, mobile applications are a little further out on the product roadmap but will be coming eventually!
pdepip··on Show HN: Mmap.it – personal search without context switching
Thanks! Glad you think so. I've found it's most useful for workflow documentation and code snippets.

The main reason I built mmap is I started a new job a few months ago which required learning a ton of new workflows that leveraged a bunch of unfamiliar technologies. Documentation for these was scattered over github, confluence, google groups, etc. which made it both time consuming and difficult to find what I was looking for.

I wanted to be able to save documentation and code snippets in my own words so I could quickly find it without switching windows. It's lead to a noticeable jump in my productivity so far.

pdepip··on Show HN: Crossnote – a note taking extension for VSCode
Thanks for the heads up! Sorry about that, it should be working now. Let me know if you still have any issues
pdepip··on Show HN: Crossnote – a note taking extension for VSCode
Love this! Similar to my project https://mmap.it.

For me, the biggest issue with all of these note tools is accessibility. I want to be able to find the information I want with google like search, and no expensive context switching. With mmap, everything is operated by global shortcuts so you never leave your current window.

pdepip··on Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
I've been working on a personal knowledge base called mmap.it. It's like spotlight for all of your workflows and code snippets.

Basically combines a markdown editor with full text search and all functionality is made accessible through global shortcuts so you can look up information without context switching.

It's free with plans to be open sourced in the next day or so. You can check it out here (https://mmap.it)