Hum… Can you tell me what you’re using? Just to give me some ideas.
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krash@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I tried anytype during the alpha, but I understood early on that the data is crippled during export, and the self host node is very cumbersome to set up. Also, I had a gut feeling that it could turn into a enshittified product.
For my usecase, I could achieve my note taking needs by other more established, libre and less complex means.
badwolf@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Not the user you’ve asked but I’m using Silverbullet and have been loving it, it ticks every box of what I was looking for:
- Self hosted
- Stores files in plain markdown text format
- You can edit those files externally and Silverbullet picks up the changes
- Allows customization and expansion easily
- Provides queries that allow you to extend markdown to pull data from other files
- These use an SQLite db to get these things to work fast, but if you delete them they get regenerated
- Can be easily synchronized with multiple nodes by using synching to sync the markdown files
krash@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I settled on obsidian with the built in sync. The data is as clean as it gets - its very agnostic to the editor as long as it adheres to the markdown standard (plus flavors). I’m aware that I’m creating a dependency on obsidians workflow and plugins, but the cost of switching is very low considering how I use my knowledge base (I could in work case scenario work with my files with standard Unix tools).
You are free to choose whatever tool that works for you, personally I don’t want my notes to be held hostage by a single vendor.
The closest to Anytype is logseq, but silver bullet.md is also awesome. And if you choose another markdown editor, you could use rsync/git/syncthing to synchronize your files.
When it comes to note applications, there is no shortage of them. Just make a informed decision that will serve you well in the long term.
brayd@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Fully agree. That’s also the main reason I am using Notion even though it’s not FOSS, not encrypted etc.
I was fine using Obsidian (even though it’s not FOSS either, but you own your data) but I can’t figure out a good way to track books and quotes plus my opinion about them while querying them the same way it works in the database with Notion. Dataview is great for many things but doesn’t have pagination etc.
krash@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Out of curiosity, have you tries logseq or silver bullet.md? They both have capabilities to query your notes similar to Notion.
I’ve had this challenge with structuring notes-data for a while, but haven’t found something that suits my workflow yet. I have on my list to experiment with a sqlite solution.
brayd@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Yes, I have tested Logseq and even donate to them monthly. However I don’t use it actively. Reason is that I just can’t figure out a way to store my quotes and my opinion about them from books the same way I do it in Notion.
Basically I store my quotes like this:
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Inside each quote I write my opinion or the summary of the quote in my own words, etc.
And then for the books I have it like this:
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And inside each book I have the quotes linked:
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So yeah I haven’t found any way in Obsidian or Logseq to replicate this structure. It’s always something simliar that’s not working the same way and feels off and only with tweaks, custom CSS and stuff like that.