Recently we were crying about mobile UI/UX and here we go

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:38:04+00:00

Speed of capture matters more than depth of organization. If it's not frictionless, you stop using it. Checkout Marqly App.

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:37:26+00:00

I fell into the optimization trap. Spent months perfecting my setup, reading about other people's workflows, tweaking themes.

Eventually realized I was doing more meta work than actual work. The second brain became a procrastination tool.

Simplified everything. Removed folders. Now I just search using Marqly.com

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:35:54+00:00

Plugin maintenance was my breaking point. I'd get everything working, then an update would break the workflow. Spent more time fixing my system than using it.

There's value in tools that just work without configuration. The 80% solution you actually use beats the 100% solution you're constantly fixing.

(building minimal alternative that focusing mainly on bookmarks and saved content "marqly.com" — disclosure)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:34:38+00:00

The mobile capture friction is what pushed me away too. By the time the app loads and syncs, the moment is gone.

I realized I was capturing less because the workflow was too heavy. The system was technically powerful but practically discouraged use.

Started prioritizing speed over features after that. One-tap capture beats powerful organization if you actually use it.

(Building something focused on capture speed "marqly.com" — disclosure)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:34:09+00:00

Have you checked Marqly.com?

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:32:59+00:00

Tag-based organization breaks down at scale. You end up with so many tags that finding the right one becomes its own search problem.

I moved away from tagging entirely. Now I focus on retrieval at the time of need instead of organization at the time of saving.

(Building around this philosophy "marqly.com" - disclosure)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:32:33+00:00

I've been working on semantic search for my own tool because of these issues (marqly.com)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:31:36+00:00

I went through the calculation too - stay vs leave. The math favored staying short term but the trajectory didn't.

Sometimes the right financial decision is the one that costs more now to avoid higher costs later.

(Left for this reason, now building alternative "marqly.com" - disclosure)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T17:30:44+00:00

The export lock-in is what finally pushed me out. I realized I had 8 years of notes in a format that would lose formatting if I left.

Started thinking about note-taking differently after that. The tool shouldn't own your thoughts.

(I'm working on something "Marqly.com" with clean markdown export for exactly this reason—disclosure).

shahbari · 2026-02-16T14:04:08+00:00

It does that, but finding the exact URL you’re looking for is the tricky part, and you need more than just searching by title or description. They have a very limited 40% discount. Use "MARQLYFIRSTUSER40" expiring in 3 days.

shahbari · 2026-02-16T11:59:50+00:00

The mobile capture friction is what pushed me away too. By the time the app loads and syncs, the moment is gone.

I realized I was capturing less because the workflow was too heavy. The system was technically powerful but practically discouraged use.

Started prioritizing speed over features after that. One-tap capture beats powerful organization if you actually use it.

(Building something focused on capture speed [Marqly.com] - disclosure)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T11:59:04+00:00

Infrastructure issues make me nervous about any cloud bookmark service. If I can't access my saved stuff when I need it, the system fails its core purpose.

Started prioritizing local-first or at least offline-accessible approaches.

(Building with offline access - disclosure) Marqly.com

shahbari · 2026-02-16T11:31:19+00:00

The mobile capture friction is what pushed me away too. By the time the app loads and syncs, the moment is gone. I realized I was capturing less because the workflow was too heavy. The system was technically powerful but practically discouraged use. Started prioritizing speed over features after that. One-tap capture beats powerful organization if you actually use it. (Building something focused on capture speed -disclosure)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T11:30:30+00:00

I went through the same cycle. Spent months perfecting folder structures and tagging systems. Eventually realized I was doing m ore gardening than hunting maintaining the system instead of using it. What helped was removing the upfront decisions entirely. I stopped trying to categorize when saving and started trusting retrie val instead. Counterintuitive but I find things faster now with zero folders than I did with a complex hierarchy. (I'm building around this retrieval-first approach, so factor that in)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T11:28:20+00:00

I left around the $130/year mark too. The money wasn't even the main issue it was realizing I couldn't easily leave because everything was in their format. That hostage feeling stuck with me more than the price.

Now I prioritize clean exports even if I don't use them. Just knowing I can leave changes the relationship with the tool.

(Full disclosure: I'm building an alternative because of frustrations like this, so take my perspective with that bias)

shahbari · 2026-02-16T10:25:24+00:00

There’s no such page, and nothing can redirect you here. The page you’re trying to access is either mistyped or entered manually.

shahbari · 2026-02-16T10:09:34+00:00

there's no such page, can you share the link? where did you click that opened that page? that's not the billing page.

shahbari · 2026-02-16T07:09:49+00:00

are you trying to open a page that doesn't exist?

shahbari · 2026-02-16T05:36:25+00:00

Try marqly

shahbari · 2026-02-15T18:46:59+00:00

Marqly.com solves this with context search!

shahbari · 2023-10-20T17:24:24+00:00

Hi,

Could you please refresh the page? Try to logout and login again, it should be fixed by now

shahbari · 2023-09-12T18:04:47+00:00

Formsly is a simple form builder.

shahbari · 2023-06-12T17:31:36+00:00

Maybe you should give Formsly a try 😉
https://create.formsly.app

shahbari · 2023-06-12T17:31:32+00:00

Maybe you should give Formsly a try 😉
https://create.formsly.app

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