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submitted 3 months ago by oldany@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

I find that just texting myself does the trick for things like this. But that's how I operate. I'm curious to see how you tackle this puzzle.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah I used the “message to self” approach for a while too — it works surprisingly well 🙂

What I ended up building is basically a very minimal “capture layer”, where no matter the context (share, paste, shortcut, etc.), everything goes into the same place instantly, without deciding upfront what it is or where it belongs.

It’s not really a note-taking tool — more like a universal entry point.

If you're curious: https://github.com/oldany/dropmind

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