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Hi everyone!

It’s me again)

For those who haven’t heard of it yet - VOID is a local-first, open-source “second brain” app. Think of it as combining the flexibility of Obsidian with the structured organization of Notion.

As the title says - VOID just reached 100 stars on GitHub!

Huge thanks for all your support - it truly motivates me to work even harder and bring the project to release as soon as possible.

But this post isn’t only about “showing off.” Over the past week I’ve mainly been polishing the editor’s behavior, and now I’m finally happy with it. I think it’s time to share the roadmap for the next year(I think?):

  • Note linking, global indexing of todos and tags, and embedded content (videos, images, audio, etc.)

  • Migration from Excalidraw canvas to a custom JSON Canvas implementation

  • Databases (similar to Notion)

  • Sync server improvements and a self-hosted Docker container

  • Plugin API (Lua for the backend and any frontend framework you can imagine)

  • Full redesign of the entire app (yes, we finally have a designer!)

  • And of course… optimization, optimization, optimization

We also now have a Lemmy community where I’ll post small devlogs, thoughts, and some behind-the-scenes updates about VOID. If you’re interested in the project, feel free to join there — or hop into our GitHub Discussions.

GitHub
And one more thing - the first beta is coming very soon!
Stay tuned!

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[-] ISO@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

How much "vibe coding" is involved?

And are you Peter Thiel by any chance 😉

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I’m pretty confident in my Rust and Vue skills, so not using chatGPT(or any other AI tool) in my work). I wrote all of the VOID by my hands. Why Peter Thiel though?

[-] ISO@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

Can you explain the rust-fetch dependency?

Why Peter Thiel though?

It was a (failed) joke about your user-name.

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

I used rust fetch to fetch css for themes and manifests from GitHub repository with themes (and plugins soon as I rewrite current solution based on git2 dependency) that you import. Probably there was a better solution, but rust fetch finds me first)

[-] ISO@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

How did you find that crate?
Why do you think you need it?

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago

Could you message me in matrix or telegram? I always trying to improve my skills, your feedback could help me a lot.

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago

I just googled smth like fetch in rust and it was one of the first link. What’s wrong with it, still make its job done.

[-] ISO@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

What’s wrong with it

  • It's a random crate no one uses.
  • You're not even really "using" it. You are just importing a re-export of reqwest, which is what I expected you to immediately notice after I brought it into attention. You can obviously just remove it and use reqwest directly.
  • Still, trusting a re-export is not a trivial matter. The random author of the no-name crate could replace the original reqwest with something malicious, or bad in some other way, in a v0.1.1 release. That (theoretical) release will be picked up after a cargo update call, or when Cargo.lock is not checked, which is the case by default with libraries.
[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago

When you asked me about this crate, I just wrote how it’s used not checking the code itself, my bad

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Thanks, checked parts where I use it, found a few serious bugs in code. I’ll remove rust-fetch and use pure reqwest library. Thanks again, you helped a lot)

[-] ruan@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 day ago

Just as a referenced for "second brain" local apps I suggest to look at dendron. Dendron is no longer being maintained but it still works and I use it for my notes since I adopted it a few year ago, it's pretty great for programmers since it works on top of VS Code.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I've been using and enjoying Logseq.

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 days ago

Looking at your post and the README, I can't figure out what this app does, nor what "second brain" means.

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 7 points 2 days ago

Open source Obsidian notes application.

The second brain part comes (I think) from the zettelkasten method of brain dumping all of your thoughts, notes on things you learn, etc... "On paper” in order to organize it and not lose it.

It is often recommended (along with to-do lists) for people with ADHD, and good for people like me with bad short-medium term memory.

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Basically, it’s just powerful app that is used to manage user knowledge management system/notes

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Still doesn't make sense, nor does it sound useful.

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

How dare someone have the audacity to create a program that isn't useful for YOU, the person around whom the entire universe rotates!

Seriously, though, the creator is volunteering their time and energy to create something for the greater good, even if you can't figure it out. If you can't invest the minimal effort to not shit on it, invest the even smaller amount to fuck off.

[-] princessnorah 12 points 2 days ago

Notion, Obsidian and Evernote are also second brain apps. None of the major ones are open source though, which is what makes this project cool. It's fine if that's not useful for you, but the way you're replying is kind of reductive, and honestly a bit mean.

[-] HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

There's also logseq, which I would pit into this category, and is open source

https://github.com/logseq/logseq

[-] princessnorah 3 points 2 days ago

Oo, thanks for the tip!!

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Admitted, it was a bit reductive and mean, because I was annoyed about the long list of meaningless mumbo-jumbo in the post, without explaining what this app supposedly does / is useful for. If people have something useful to present, why not start with the useful bit of info? "Managing knowledge management" sounds a bit like the "president of the tautology association presidency"

[-] princessnorah 9 points 2 days ago

I'm sorry you weren't able to understand it, do you need an explain like I'm five?

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

No, an explanation like you were five wouldn't improve upon OP.

[-] princessnorah 9 points 2 days ago

You're really a chummy type, aren't ya?

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

You're much kinder than I. I think the term "self-centered arsehole" applies here.

[-] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

You don't see the humor in you having said, "Do you want me to explain it like I'm five?"

I thought it was funny. And that's why they replied the way they did. You were also being very snarky. And who wants assistance from someone being snarky?

This is definitely a both sides are wrong argument. /2¢

[-] princessnorah 3 points 1 day ago

ELI5 is a pretty established thing that's self-evident.

[-] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Your comment just now is entirely true, but you completely missed the point.

The funny part is, you basically offered to talk like a child when explaining.

[-] princessnorah 3 points 1 day ago

I wasn't snarky to begin with, and I don't owe anyone politeness.

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[-] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 6 points 2 days ago

Managing and organizing notes doesn't sound useful?

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

manage user knowledge management system/notes

doesn't have the same ring to it as

Managing and organizing notes

The first one sounds like it's a meta-management engine with a very abstract purpose that is not explained in OP. The second - your wording - sounds like a simple Notes app, and I mean "simple" in a good way. The OP doesn't manage to communicate such a simple message.

[-] grindemup@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

It may not have the same ring to it but if you think about it for more than two seconds you may realize that it has the same meaning :-)

[-] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 11 points 2 days ago

Ah so we're just shitting on OP for being a non-native English speaker doing their best. Carry on.

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago
[-] AdmiralWhiskersIV 5 points 2 days ago

Don't take it to heart. I've literally been spit on for passing out food to the homeless. Misery loves company and some people are so miserable that they form a multinational corporation.

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thanks) I’m here not to argue with anyone, but just to share my work. Still readme could be confusing for someone, I’ll rework it soon.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

is universal flatpak packaging planned? this looks like something i'd want to use to replace my plaintext notes.

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Yep, after successfull beta

[-] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago

Would suggest updating the ReadMe as I was also confused in regard to the usage of this app, seems cool, not sure what I personally would use it for.

As of making this comment you’re at 108 stars, this will make it 109, keep up the great work!

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago
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[-] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

I had to look up what all this means, it's new to me. But very cool! Please post when a release is out, I'd love to try it

[-] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

Thanks! I’ll let you know when release comes

[-] SoleInvictus 3 points 2 days ago

This looks AWESOME! As an ADHD squirrel, I'm super excited about this. I have zero programming skill, but I'll happily test the hell out of it.

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[-] Mutant@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

What are the advantages over Joplin?

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