Comment by monkeydust
1 year ago
Tried it.
It's polished so well done and the p2p / e2e aspects are novel but it's too heavy and complex for what I need a bit like Obsidian.
I personally find a lot of these note taking apps relish in the act of note taking itself and lose the purpose of the note itself, which for me, is to drive forward intent.
With that in mind I have started to play with Heynote from recent HN post a few days ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38733968).
Its pitched as a scratchpad for devs, for me it's like notepad on steroids and more suited to my needs where notes are transitory things I store to help me get from A to B to C...
Got the same feeling - this is designed for people who turn taking notes into a _thing_ in itself. The productivity nerds. Linking their notes, categorising, organising, diligently making sure their knowledge base is up to date.
And that is the complete opposite of how I use notes - as notes. Just a place to write stuff down and get back to it later.
Wish there was an app that organises them for you - instead of me having to do all the work - but it seems like all these "superproductive knowledge base gigachad note-taking apps" are made to waste more time on "productivity" procrastination of setting things up instead of actual "lets help the user" part.
Edit:
Also, if someone from Anytype is reading this - can you have a "clear space" button or something? After creating my Personal space, it is filled with "tutorial" stuff. I don't want it. I don't need it. It's distracting and completely killing the vibe that instead of using the app as I want, first I have to delete all your pre-defined tutorial stuff, one by one.
I personally use logseq for this. And just use # tags to store something to a "page" like #books #business #health and so on and I just write in my daily journal or whatever it is called and it is then linked to the page by the tag. So I don't have folders or files to work with. I just write in my daily journal and give it hashtags. You can go to the hashtags or search for whatever you want. You also can put multiple hashtags on to one outline. You can also query for different stuff like this hashtag and this word or something like this. It is open source. So you might want to give it a try. It can also store PDFs, images and so on. Its actually super nice.
Thank you for the input! If you're looking for a clean space, you can easily create a new one by clicking on your profile icon in the panel at the bottom. It will contain only a few sets. You can always delete spaces that are no longer needed.
If you need a simple notepad, there are better tools out there. Anytype is more suitable if you're looking to create something like a database or knowledge base, not just a list of notes.
The next year we are working on simplifying the user experience and introducing multiplayer+communication
Try SiYuan Note. It's like a mix of Notion and Obsidian, but open source and local-first.
Thank you for taking the time!
Yes, we are aware that there is a steep learning curve before you reach the point where you feel it's worthwhile. It's absolutely true that if you need a tool solely for note-taking, Anytype might not be the best option. We envision Anytype as a tool for knowledge management and communication (we're launching multiplayer early next year). One of our biggest internal projects is to simplify the user experience. With each new release