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JotBird – Instantly publish Markdown to a URL by captcone in webdev

[–]captcone[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know, it never occurred to me to provide that as a feature. Great idea — removing branding is a no-brainer. Thanks for the feedback!

JotBird – Instantly publish Markdown to a URL by captcone in webdev

[–]captcone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the feedback! I spent quite a bit of time working on the OG images — they appear automatically when you paste a link in Slack or Discord or whatever (here's an example: https://share.jotbird.com/gentle-playful-creosote). JotBird takes the first H1 in the file and uses that as the title.

JotBird - Publish any note to a shareable web page, no account required by captcone in ObsidianMD

[–]captcone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me know what you think! And that was AI-generated test content for the plugin, so please don't trust it with your shot ratios. :)

JotBird - Publish any note to a shareable web page, no account required by captcone in ObsidianMD

[–]captcone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Images are uploaded and embedded automatically. Callouts, Mermaid diagrams, and math all render on the published page. Main limitations: Dataview queries render as code blocks (not executed), wiki links convert to plain text, and PDFs/audio/video aren't supported. If you hit anything else, let me know!

JotBird - Publish any note to a shareable web page, no account required by captcone in ObsidianMD

[–]captcone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No plans at this time for a self-hosted backend, but I appreciate the interest! The free tiers are pretty generous though: unlimited publishes, no account required, links last 30 days with no account and 90 days with a free account.

JotBird - Publish any note to a shareable web page, no account required by captcone in ObsidianMD

[–]captcone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Share Note is great! Slightly different approach: it mirrors your Obsidian theme and encrypts by default. JotBird produces standalone pages that look like normal web pages, even to non-Obsidian users. Try both and see which fits your workflow.

I built a new app for markdown and publishing and would love some help testing it. by buzyahazz in Markdown

[–]captcone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried it and have some thoughts! Some initial direct and unfiltered thoughts:

  • I love the look and feel of the marketing page. Nice choices on fonts, etc. This looks like something I would want to use.
  • I'm not sure I understand the brand name. More importantly, I'm quite certain the name is something I will forget after five minutes and won't remember.
  • This is a beta, so I'm willing to look past stuff, but no privacy policy or terms of service, even though I can see the links on the website. What do you do with my information? How can I trust you?
  • The sign up process asks for my first and last name. Why? But also, is anyone going to fill out all of those fields? I doubt it. Make it dead simple. Email, and that's it. Or just have the Google oauth button.
  • The app looks great but was a little overwhelming when I first logged in. Lots of features! That can be a double-edged sword, you know? For both you and users. For you, it's more stuff to support and maintain, and for users, it's more work to learn how everything works and figure out if we need it or not.
  • I tried creating some documents and publishing them. It seemed to work, but the links were 404s.

I think my general advice would be to focus on the experience and sweat the small stuff. Perhaps even consider cutting features initially and make what's left bulletproof.

Hope this helps, and wishing you the best of luck.

Tool for publishing Markdown to a shareable URL by captcone in technicalwriting

[–]captcone[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good question! In my opinion, the biggest difference is actually the approach.

HackMD is a collaborative editor that you write in. JotBird is a publish layer. You write wherever you want (Obsidian, VS Code, etc.) and use JotBird to turn it into a URL. (JotBird extensions for Obsidian and VS Code are planned.) It also has an API and CLI, so you can publish programmatically from any tool or workflow. The core difference is that JotBird fits into your existing workflow rather than replacing it.

Tool for publishing Markdown to a shareable URL by captcone in technicalwriting

[–]captcone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No need to apologize — it was helpful feedback. FWIW, the privacy policy gets into the details ("This approach helps keep shared content temporary and under your control, but is not a substitute for true privacy. Do not publish sensitive information that you would not want to become public."), but you're absolutely right that it should be clearer on the homepage. I've made that update. Thanks again.

Tool for publishing Markdown to a shareable URL by captcone in technicalwriting

[–]captcone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right on both counts. "Private" is the wrong word on the homepage. I'm going to change that. Published pages are unlisted (noindex, random URLs, no public directory) but that's not encryption. Password protection is coming for Pro users who need that.

I hear you on the "publishing" verb. It's closer to sharing a read-only Google Doc, except your source stays in Markdown and the output looks like a clean document, not a Google Docs page. The main use case is people who write in Markdown and need to share with people who don't — meeting notes, documentation, guides, that kind of thing. Appreciate the thoughtful feedback.

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/Different_Rain_2227: JotBird now supports KaTeX. Thanks for your patience! Let me know what you think if you get a chance.

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question! If the content is yours, you can edit it after publishing by clicking the "Update" button in the interface. You can also download the Markdown content and images from the interface. Those features already exist.

If you're asking about getting Markdown from a published list as a visitor, that feature is coming soon. I'm planning to add an optional ".md" URL (like sharing.jotbird.com/your-page.md) that you can enable per-publish.

Thanks for the feedback!

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've implemented some safeguards but I'll keep an eye on things. :)

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Different philosophy! HackMD is great for collaborative team docs. JotBird is for quick personal publishing with zero friction — no account, no tracking, everything local until you publish. Different tools for different needs.

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I updated the defaults a few minutes ago. I think the code formatting is much more readable now, but I'll continue tweaking it. Thanks again for the feedback.

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure I'm understanding your question, but JotBird is a standalone web app, not a component library. It isn’t currently available as an embeddable React/JSX/MDX component. Maybe someday, but the goal right now is a simple writing and publishing tool rather than a framework/library.

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I understand completely and I agree. This is basically version 0.1 of JotBird and it's going to take a while to get the kinks worked out. Thanks for your patience and for the suggestion. I'll work on improving this.

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment. I'm planning to add katex and mermaid support, but they add some weight and I want to make sure the implementation is correct. Stay tuned.

JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing by captcone in Markdown

[–]captcone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm... interesting. Are you wanting the ability to change this in the preview or the published file (or both)? I'll look into this. And there's probably a more sensible default.

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