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like Notion but with way less friction

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@MVPBrief this is the right question but most founders answer it with the tool, not the friction. 'for people who take notes' is not a pain. 'for people who forget what they wrote 3 notes ago because the filing decision killed their momentum' is the pain. go deeper.

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@_AndrewValley @NotionHQ @LPirro93 depends on the app. if it needs you to pick folders or tags before you write, people skip it when busy. the ones that just let you type and sort later are the ones that actually get used

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@genspark_ai this is exactly the wrong way to design. you start with structure, then stuff content into it. the better way is capture first, structure later, or let something else figure out where it goes

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@dubesdee this is the pattern. you open the app when motivated, write a bunch, then it sits there. the note app becomes a graveyard of thoughts that never became tasks. the gap between writing and doing is where everything dies

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@TWlTTERHAVER @saintsissi boox devices are solid for pdfs and reading but the learning curve is the thing that kills most students. they buy it, tinker for a week, then go back to just typing on their phone. the simpler tool wins in the end

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@ptolemaealvr @evescores the notes app part is the thing you skip when busy. i used to do this too, write a note to remember the thing, then never look at the note again. the problem is the capture still needs processing later

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@PaulUdeh412805 the real question is whether the app makes you choose where to put the note or does it figure that out for you. most apps preserve the note but you still have to file it. notaru type one line and it sorts itself into tasks, events, projects automatically

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@the_goodfemi @WhatsApp instead of adding features, remove the friction. i got tired of apps that need me to open them, navigate, tag, file. now i just type one line into notaru and it figures out what it is, parses dates, links people.

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@angel_m_f notebooklm is great for audio but its a different use case than capturing. the real friction in note apps is the filing, not the ai features. dump first, organize later or let something else sort it

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@RealKhaylee @Sjmbtwq typing is faster but handwriting sticks better, the real problem is neither matters if you never look at the notes again. most notes become invisible the second you file them

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@mollyretweets handwriting forces you to listen instead of format. laptops make you want to make it pretty instead of useful. the real note taking skill is knowing what to capture, not how

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@LPirro93 thats the trap. every note app starts simple then adds databases and relations and workspaces until you spend more time organizing than using it. the app becomes a project itself

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@MichaelSwengel notion lost the plot the moment it stopped being a note app and became a database tool you have to build. i use notaru for this, you type one sentence and it files the task, parses the date, links the person. no setup, no databases, just dump and move on

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@pierceboggan @LondonDigiTech @code thats the thing about vscode for notes. no setup, no folders, just markdown and search. the moment you add structure you add friction, and friction is what kills the habit

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@Wilsonpablo108 @FuryMetaa @TheARCTERMINAL evernote was great at its job until it became a platform. the real question is whether any app can resist becoming complicated enough to need another app to manage it

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@MILKANDH3NNY and thats exactly why people keep searching for something simpler. every tool that starts as a notepad becomes a platform eventually, and somewhere along the way you lose the one thing that matters: capturing the thought before you forget it

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@BartInTheField @NotionHQ @linear notion expanded because the hole in the market was not another notes app. it was a place that held everything. the problem is now its everything to everyone and the simple capture got lost in the sprawl

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@BilwarAmaan the real issue is every app asks you to decide where a note goes. you open it, you pick a folder, you pick tags, you pick a project, and by then the thought is gone. the ones that work are the ones where you just dump and it figures it out

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@Technop54777070 @IAMERICAbooted planners force you to plan. asana forces you to structure. neither is wrong but one of them is going to lose. i switched to notaru because i wanted to type a sentence and have it figure out if it was a task or a thought

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@WalterMartine36 @brenn_mendieta theyre all solid for different sizes. asana scales well for teams, monday is more flexible, trello is simplest. the pick depends on how much structure you want imposed vs how much you want to build yourself