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oldany@lemmy.world 18 hours agoYeah that makes sense — I ended up with similar setups at some point.
What always bothered me a bit is exactly that fragmentation: different tools depending on what you’re capturing and from where.
It works, but it feels like you’re constantly switching “mode” depending on context.
I keep wondering if capturing should really depend on the destination at all, or if it should be something more uniform.
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
The problem with that to me at least, is that there’s no one uniform way to capture things. Notes and videos and images and files all need different contexts and views. I hate Pocket and similar services for this reason - it feels too “media” friendly, too focused on videos and links and PDF files. When most of my read later is text - articles and such.
oldany@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Yeah — that’s exactly the feeling I kept running into.
At some point I stopped trying to adapt existing tools and ended up building something around this idea of “uniform capture”.
It’s basically a very minimal layer where you can send anything (text, links, quick notes, etc.) from any device in one step — without worrying about where it goes or how it’s structured.
Still early, but it’s been working surprisingly well for me in daily use.
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Tell me more!
oldany@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Sure 🙂
What I ended up building is basically a very minimal “capture layer”.
The idea is simple: no matter where you are (phone, browser, desktop), capturing something should always be the same action.
In practice:
Everything goes into the same place instantly, without deciding upfront what it is or where it belongs.
No tags, no structure, no “mode switching”.
Just capture first, decide later (or never).
I built it mainly because I was tired of stitching together different tools depending on context.
If you want to take a look: github.com/oldany/dropmind