[HN Gopher] Acreom 1.0 - a lightweight Markdown editor with task...
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       Acreom 1.0 - a lightweight Markdown editor with tasks for
       developers
        
       Author : inferense
       Score  : 59 points
       Date   : 2022-11-03 14:40 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | _visgean wrote:
       | I use it alongside notion, I find its a bit better for organising
       | as it integrates with all my google calendars..
        
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       | sunaden wrote:
       | Big fan of the clean design and focus on keyboard shortcuts!
       | Awesome work.
        
         | inferense wrote:
         | glad you like it!
        
       | padr wrote:
       | How does this compare to Obsidian?
        
         | inferense wrote:
         | We like Obsidian a lot, but I believe we are taking a slightly
         | different direction.
         | 
         | 1. we believe in a tight integration of Markdown and tasks - a
         | knowledge base should be executable. When it's not you end up
         | with 2 disconnected tools
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         | 2. our focus is on developers where we feel the unaddressed
         | need for a tool that prioritises dev user experience. We see
         | this especially in the collaborative setting where devs use
         | tools like Jira & Confluence etc.
         | 
         | On the other hand, we also believe in the modular approach and
         | extensibility.
        
       | mackopes wrote:
       | I've tried using Acreom for a couple of my projects. The app defo
       | has potential. However, I could not wrap my head around their
       | concept of "inbox". In Acreom, the "inbox" means all the
       | unscheduled tasks. However, in my workflows, I often juggle
       | multiple projects at once, and not all tasks have a set date yet,
       | or I just want to do them "sometime in the future". The inbox is
       | cluttered and useless as I see the same tasks repetedly until I
       | schedule them.
       | 
       | In my head (and, I am sure, in the heads of other GTG users,
       | too), inbox is just a parking lot for all the not yet organised
       | tasks. Once a day, I go through my inbox, assign all the tasks to
       | the coresponding projects and MAYBE schedule them. In this sense,
       | Acreom does not support my workflow :(
       | 
       | However, as I see the upsides of having tasks intercalated with
       | project notes, I'd consider giving Acreom one more go once a
       | better task organising system is implemented.
        
         | inferense wrote:
         | you're right that's something we need to improve. Thanks for
         | the extensive feedback.
        
       | super_linear wrote:
       | This looks awesome, I'm definitely going to try it.
       | 
       | ...but I do think this quote on the homepage is a bit silly:
       | 
       | > Used by the most productive developers at Stripe, Google,
       | Microsoft, Deep Mind
        
       | SebastianKra wrote:
       | With all these wiki apps coming out, I'm disappointed that Bear
       | is still the only one that focuses on images.
       | 
       | I keep notes about design and photography, but even for non-
       | visual topics, I like to add an image, just so that my brain can
       | make an association between it and the topic. For example, a logo
       | or a screenshot of the landing page.
       | 
       | Because Bear displays one or two images in the note list, I feel
       | like I can more easily scan it.
        
       | JuroOravec wrote:
       | Just saw you have Mermaid integration. I'm a heavy diagrammer, so
       | thanks for that! Any thoughts on integrating with draw.io?
        
         | inferense wrote:
         | draw.io is awesome, we will probably integrate it as a
         | community plugin!
        
       | timfsu wrote:
       | This is crazy - I've been working on a similar app that ties a
       | daily journal with tasks & calendar (https://daybird.app).
       | There's another one I saw recently called reflect.app as well.
       | Note taking has been around forever, I wonder what it is about
       | this space that's triggering so many new products. Anyways,
       | Acreom looks fantastic, good luck with the launch!
        
       | sippndipp wrote:
       | Awesome app. Love it.
       | 
       | Tightly integrates with my calendar. Easy, keyboard driven divide
       | and conquer for my documents into tasks. Way better than all the
       | other knowledge base apps.
        
       | samkovrablik wrote:
       | Looking slick! Any plans on iOS app?
        
         | inferense wrote:
         | thanks! we have just released beta
         | https://acreom.com/downloads/
         | 
         | let us know what you think!
        
       | inferense wrote:
       | Hi HN, founder of acreom here. After over a year of building,
       | we're excited to drop the beta badge and introduce acreom 1.0.
       | 
       | The HN community was very helpful for us from the very beginning.
       | We've recieved hundreds of signups on our google forms before
       | writing the first line of code and a valuable feedback on our
       | ideas throughout our beta.
       | 
       | We're building acreom to be the dev-first workflow tool you will
       | love using, individually and later in the team. Today acreom is
       | built to be your daily driver for capturing notes, breaking down
       | development tasks, tracking progress and building a knowledge
       | base.
       | 
       | acreom is built around the following fundemantal principles:
       | 
       | tight integration of markdown, tasks and calendar
       | 
       | capture-first organise-later interface
       | 
       | designed for keyboard
       | 
       | local-first
       | 
       | you can try it out in your browser without downloading anything.
       | 
       | if there's anything we can do better, pelase let us know.
       | 
       | we're also on producthunt [1]
       | https://www.producthunt.com/posts/acreom-1-0
        
         | robertlacok wrote:
         | Any way to integrate the tasks with Linear?
        
           | inferense wrote:
           | not yet, but we plan to explore this soon.
        
         | volfied wrote:
         | Your landing page title has a typo in it "They way ..."
        
         | atfzl wrote:
         | Hey, I wanted to try this out but I am seeing a lot of
         | performance issues. There are forced reflows of >1s on normal
         | interactions. I ran it on my MacBook Air M1.
        
           | hackal wrote:
           | Hi, co-creator of acreom here. It's known issue and we are
           | shipping M1 build very soon.
        
       | masterof0 wrote:
       | Amazing. I would consider making an official Youtube channel, and
       | uploading some video tutorials there. Many people prefer video
       | tutorials over good ol articles. Also , maybe a way to turn
       | telemetry on/off? I really love I can use Acreom without any type
       | of account. If you add E2EE in the premium plans many offline
       | first users will get it for sure (at least I will). I didn't get
       | super deep there, but is it possible to have an account with you
       | and after buying a premium plan, just use an activation
       | code/license, instead of logging in?
       | 
       | Edit: typo
        
         | hackal wrote:
         | Thanks for the suggestions. E2EE sync is on our roadmap. We
         | have made the first step by adding login with email/password
         | (secure remote password protocol). At the moment account is
         | required for having pro features.
        
       | KaoruAoiShiho wrote:
       | Okay... this is like the 6th knowledge base app I see on HN in
       | the past month. Can you explain how this is different from all
       | the alternatives please?
        
       | Equiet wrote:
       | I saw your roadmap includes sync with Jira, how will that look
       | like?
        
         | inferense wrote:
         | we want to make sure you won't need to go to Jira again. So
         | syncing issues and their properties bi-directionally.
        
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