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by ricg 3y ago
How do you handle primary keys? Wouldn't auto-incrementing integers lead to duplicate keys since clients are not aware of each other? For the To Do app example, let's say two clients start with an empty database and each creates a
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by ricg 4y ago
About your MacBook fans squealing: I had the same problem with my 2012 MacBook Pro. It turned out that the grilles through which the fans blow out the hot air were completely clogged up with dust and the Macbook would overheat. I cleaned bo
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by ricg 4y ago
A potential downside here could be running out of file descriptors if you use one database file per client. Linux has a limit of 1024 open files per process. Did you ever run into this problem?
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by ricg 4y ago
Did you ever run into the problem of the system running out of file descriptors? If each client gets its own database file, each connection will require a file descriptor. For example, Linux limits the number of file descriptors to 1024 per
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by ricg 4y ago
Quite a few. Some I use regularly: - Text snippet app to reply to support request emails. Use this to reply to about a dozen emails each day. I have over 300 snippets. - App to got through a folder with my bank statement PDFs and produce a
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by ricg 4y ago
Thanks a lot! I'll give it a try.
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by ricg 4y ago
Which mail providers support this? I'd like to set up something like this. Thanks!
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by ricg 5y ago
That's what I do today in my own app. I have a "table of contents" file in each folder. Ideally the file system would support that out of the box, but maybe a first step could be to standardize such a TOC file...?
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by ricg 5y ago
In the system's file explorer (Finder/Windows File Explorer). This would give me a visual outline and the ability to open any file with its corresponding app. Imagine writing a book and using folders as chapters. You could then wr
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by ricg 5y ago
> NEED HIERARCHY? Use directories — also known as folders. I really wish I could define a custom order for files in a directory. A folder hierarchy is almost an outline, but not quite. Yes I could prefix with "01", "02&q
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by ricg 5y ago
Well, the alternative would be to either not scan the documents at all and keep them in the basement as hardcopies or to scan them and protect them somehow (for example by keeping them on a device that is not connected to the Internet).
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by ricg 5y ago
> what an attacker could get by just having access to my computer That's what I was referring to. Let's assume you store your scanned PDFs on your personal laptop and that gets compromised. Now the attacker has your medical his
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by ricg 5y ago
For those who scan and file digitally: Are you worried about data security/malware at all? How do you protect your data? Maybe I listened to too many Darknet Diaries episodes, but recently I've been thinking more about how to prot
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by ricg 5y ago
One
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by ricg 5y ago
Yes, I thought about both scenarios and actually added support for both to my app. If you rename a note through the app it will go though all other notes and update them to use the new name. The app also adds datestamps, YYYY-DD-MM, to the
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by ricg 5y ago
Great, thanks for sharing some details about your setup. I do something similar with my email messages. I never delete anything. Should I later need to recall a conversation I use Mail.app's full text search. Success varies depending o
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by ricg 5y ago
Thanks again for your input! Yes, the app remains fully functional forever, with the limitation being that you cannot add new notes. Sounds like I need to make this more clear in the docs.
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by ricg 5y ago
1. Thank you :) 2. iOS with iCloud support is planned.
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by ricg 5y ago
Thanks for your feedback! 1. If you cancel your subscription you cannot add new notes, but you can still access, edit, move, etc. your existing notes. All features remain active (and you get updates, important for OS upgrades). 2. iOS and i
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by ricg 5y ago
Not yet, but that's on my list. Same for headings. I'm still debating if I implement this as a separate "rename" feature or instead implement a project-wide search and replace.
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by ricg 5y ago
Curious about your workflow since you've been keeping notes for a long time. How often do you refer to old notes and how old are those? What methods do you use to find them (e.g. search, navigate a folder structure, etc.)?
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by ricg 5y ago
Writing your own notes app is a rite of passage ;)
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by ricg 5y ago
Thanks!
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by ricg 5y ago
No SwiftUI, just plain Swift and AppKit/Cocoa. I considered SwiftUI, but at the time it was not ready and was missing a few core things I needed, like an outline view (this was 3 years ago). Sometimes I wonder if I should have gone for
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by ricg 5y ago
Let me know what you think once you get a chance to try it!
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by ricg 5y ago
Thank you very much for your kind words!
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by ricg 5y ago
Yes, you've got to start somewhere, especially as solo-dev.
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by ricg 5y ago
Thanks for the kind words! Re: attention to detail: nobody has discovered the easter eggs yet!
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by ricg 5y ago
I can confirm the first part from my own experience. I ported one of my other apps to Windows (native, had to learn C# and UWP). The Windows revenue unfortunately is way, way less than Mac/iOS.
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by ricg 5y ago
Well, I did a thorough marked analysis, weighted pros and cons and... ...no, I really just wanted a good notes app that had all the features I wished for. So I went ahead and got started (not done yet :). That was 3 years ago. 2 years ago I

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