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I’ve been struggling with something that sounds simple but is surprisingly annoying:

capturing content quickly across devices in a self-hosted environment.

On Android there’s share, on iOS shortcuts, on desktop copy/paste… but everything feels fragmented.

I often end up losing things or postponing them just because capturing isn’t frictionless.

Curious how others handle this.

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[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah KDE Connect is great for device-to-device flow, I’ve used it too.

What I always found tricky is that it works really well once you're already “in the flow”, but not so much as a quick capture entry point.

Like, it helps moving things around — but not necessarily deciding to capture something instantly in the first place.

That’s where I always felt something was missing.

[-] Lemmchen@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

What exactly do you mean by "capture"?

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Good question — I don’t mean organizing or saving things long-term.

I mean that moment when you see or think something and don’t want to lose it.

Like:

  • a link you want to check later
  • a sentence you read
  • a quick thought
  • something you copied
  • a small piece of info you might need

The problem for me is that if capturing that takes more than a second, I often just don’t do it — or I postpone it and forget.

So “capture” is really just that instant: taking something from wherever you are and storing it somewhere with zero friction.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

You probably want linkwarden: https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden

I'm not sure if it handles non-link content like a random thought. Maybe a note-taking app for that; plenty of previous discussions on those if you search.

[-] Lemmchen@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

For this I just send a message to myself on Signal (or sometimes WhatsApp). I know, it's not a perfect solution, but for these simple things it's good enough and pretty much content agnostic.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah I used that too for a while — it works surprisingly well, but I always felt it’s more of a workaround than something designed for capturing.

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