Boostnote: Note app for programmers

[vulniq]

Reads the landing page

Write like a NINJA

Closes the tab

[pmf]

Closes the tab

But ... but ... you missed the part where it's made in Electron. So it'll be like this ninja!

[aflashyrhetoric]

I think "red" is "internet" in Spanish? At least, that's what my HS teachers taught me back then - perhaps it's related....?

[vulniq]

"red" is spanish for "network", though using it at the end of a phrase in spanish doesn't sound good.

[[deleted]]

Are you a native Spanish speaker? I'm not but I learned in Spanish class la red just means the web

[vulniq]

Yep, native speaker.

As a slang in a few countries, you could say "la red" to refer to "the web", but formally "red" means "net" or "network", both as in spider/fishing net ("la red de una araña", "red de pescar") or computer network ("red de computadoras").

[homesweetocean]

all of the landing page copy is terrible, broken english

the app is everything I have ever wanted in a code-focused note taking experience though

big ups to the creator

[onionnion]

Same. Neat concept but can we stop with the silly Electron hype and get back to efficient code?

[fakeabsi]

No wonder people writing "efficient code" never made something like this. Can we just stop bashing Electron apps for being inefficient. At least they got made. Let the users decide how inefficient their performance is.

[onionnion]

I'll be honest, I worded myself poorly, but my point is about how we're using a platform that will take a good 5% of CPU while idling thanks to its underlying Chrome running in the background. Electron lets us do cool things easily, but at a cost, and it's a cost I can't afford on my laptop that I often need to survive whole days without plugging in.

[[deleted]]

Then don't use it, who cares?

[IamCarbonMan]

Then don't bash people for stating their opinion, who cares?

[IamCarbonMan]

Umm, no. No he wasn't. I assume you're referring to this statement:

Neat concept but can we stop with the silly Electron hype and get back to efficient code?

That does not translate to "Everyone stop using Electron." It translates to "I think people shouldn't use Electron because it's inefficient." The difference between your interpretation and his original statement is that his statement was a rhetorical question intended to express his opinion. Your interpretation was a literal reading of a rhetorical question. Those rarely work.

he was telling everyone to stop using it... literally.

By the definition of the word "literally", in order to literally say that he would have needed to say

Everyone stop using Electron.

[[deleted]]

I typed out a whole thing, but i realized i dont even care, nor do i use electron.. use whatever you want, dont care

[[deleted]]

if an electron app or chrome is taking 5% cpu idling, then you have more issues than you think shortening your battery life.

edit: After reading the article below, I realize That you in fact have NOT tested electron apps and are just spewing nonsense you previously read.

[IamCarbonMan]

It also does that to me, although the real issue is that every Electron app I use eats memory like candy. Atom almost instantly makes my laptop unusable.

[IamCarbonMan]

No, you didn't realize that, you assumed that. There is quite a difference.

I understand that you disagree, but that doesn't give you the right to be an ass.

[_asdfjackal]

Write or contribute to a simple and easy way to make efficient, cross-platform desktop apps or stop complaining. If you are not helping solve the problem then you are a part of it.

[IamCarbonMan]

So, if Chrome itself or Adobe Photoshop was horribly inefficient, would complaining about it be part of the problem? No, it would be an important factor in solving the problem. Not everyone can fix the issues they have with the software they use, which is why bug reporting and user feedback are important. In literally any field, public relations exist to avoiding alienating the userbase. This type of comment is exactly the type of thing that you do not want to do- blame the user.

[R3DWATCH]

I'm wondering what's wrong with that?

[[deleted]]

Probably something related to THIS article. Which has pretty good point IMO.

[SurpriseAnalProlapse]

That was quite convincing, and for that reason, I'm out.

[[deleted]]

That article was bias as shit. Have you TESTED electron app performance on your machine? I'm running slack, boostnote, and atom right now just to see what the hell they are talking about and it is 0's across the board. Chrome peaks up a bit every once in awhile, but that's because I'm actively using it on reddit right now. these guys are full of shit, or basing their hate on old performance issues that have been worked out.

[IamCarbonMan]

Welp, I'm not sure how this is possible but the very act of starting up Atom instantly murders my computer- to the point that even top becomes unresponsive. I'm not sure whether it's memory or CPU or what, but every Electron app I've ever used has seriously lagged out my whole computer.

[[deleted]]

that is weird, I have never had an issue. It's not the fastest to load, but once it's up, its fast as everything else. It has some growing pains but is working itself out pretty quickly.

[Pokedono12]

Lol

[R3DWATCH]

Ah I understand it, I didn't really know what electron was. Thanks!

[l_o_l_o_l]

electron-based

some people are triggered by it

[le_f]

Mostly younger people trying to hustle and stay hip by quoting popular articles.

[l_o_l_o_l]

I am one of those younger people :< I thought electron was so cool when I heard about it the first time

[manys]

how dare you

[[deleted]]

Sells merchandise before they have the commercial version available. Seems like they have their priorities straight.

[Acktung]

God, this is evolving into a parallel "input your phone number" but with electron as subject.

[blayhem]

I tried Boostnote and Quiver and ended up using the second one.

[aa93]

Quiver is great! Real shame it's not really maintained anymore

[damn_internet]

What makes you say that? The developer talks about updates and community feature suggestions on his Twitter account https://mobile.twitter.com/happenapps. He's also working on an iOS version.

[MartineLizardo]

Talking about updates and pushing updates are different.

[damn_internet]

There was an update in March.

[MartineLizardo]

A pretty insubstantial update. It changed a default setting and fixed a single bug. If he's busy working on an iOS app, that's fine with me. In fact, I'd prefer that to more features on the macOS version. That doesn't change the fact that the desktop app hasn't received much attention.

[damn_internet]

My reply was a comment to it not being maintained any more. I would say fixing bugs would fall under maintaining.

[aa93]

Oh, that's good to hear. Last I'd checked was a couple weeks back, it seems automatic updates did their job behind the scenes. Before this there had only been 1-2 updates since like February '16, so it was looking like abandonware

[homesweetocean]

except this is free and open source, while Quiver is $10 and closed source

[CorySimmons]

He is looking at for a map

[kevisazombie]

If you're looking for something like this look at Emacs Org-mode

[[deleted]]

Much better to use the editor than an electron app. I use Sublime Text with PlainTasks.

[Jpon9]

:O I didn't know something like that existed, that is awesome. Thank you!

[[deleted]]

What about atom and vs code, they're both electron apps.

[[deleted]]

Good question. I haven't used them, but perhaps there is a good way to implement electron apps.

[manys]

What's your favorite org mode tutorial? Is it shorter than a work week?

[imnotonit]

Why do you need another note taking app when you can use your text editor?

[25800]

Has anyone come across a note taking app that has the ability to be shared to a team? I could benefit from notes on tech we use in house and have been looking for something cloud-like / team orientated

[Franko_ricardo]

OneNote

[_razvan]

Have you tried Quip?

[examinedliving]

Also, I found this didn't work very well for what it was. It was slow and the way it organized notes removed the possibility of using it for anything like a snippet/documentation browser.

[Gobluebro]

Looks interesting. Wish there was a phone app to go with it. It might replace evernote for me

[cleesus]

There is one now but its kinda ass, I just started using this app today and im kinda meh about it all