oli

working on sowr: a maplike notes webapp for media you consume
learning fullstack
musician / photographer / tutor

[oli @olisilvr]

@VirtualChrisLi sending you a link to try it out!

[oli @olisilvr]

officially launching the alpha version of sowr today for early testers! join the waitlist https://t.co/n5vWYCyUWj or DM for access!
would be amazing to start getting some feedback.

[oli @olisilvr]

@rowans_planet @_buildspace @_nightsweekends @DeenDevelopers this is sick, would be cool if you could see all your matches on a map as well as the cards!

[oli @olisilvr]

@dantelentini @_buildspace @_nightsweekends bit late to the party - but would love to get some feedback!
https://t.co/REX5cf4tTs

[oli @olisilvr]

introducing sowr!

stop letting ideas & knowledge gained from consuming stuff online slip out of mind.

effortlessly capture, store & visualise them with sowr instead!

looking for testers (free LT access!) - https://t.co/n5vWYCyUWj

cc
@_buildspace
@_nightsweekends
@FarzaTV

[oli @olisilvr]

introducing sowr!

stop letting ideas & knowledge gained from consuming stuff online slip out of mind.

effortlessly capture, store & visualise them with sowr instead!

looking for testers (free LT access!) - https://t.co/n5vWYCyUWj

cc
@_buildspace
@_nightsweekends
@FarzaTV

[oli @olisilvr]

final n&w s5 update video! https://t.co/afBnDWIe65

put this together very last minute lol

cc:
@_nightsweekends
@_buildspace
@FarzaTV
@wordisbonz

[oli @olisilvr]

📹 Also added in the ability to refresh sources (update your collection of saved videos from a YT playlist)

⏭️ was planning to release an alpha testing version last week but got carried away with adding things, this week I want to get some people trying it out and testing!

[oli @olisilvr]

nw #5
this week made some breakthroughs and added in some needed features!

🔄 dynamic per-node rendering (see how nodes are highlighted when selected, this was deceivingly difficult to get working)

🗒️ note editor stability & completion states

🔔 notifications (toasts)

[oli @olisilvr]

@alixwiessser @_buildspace Claude is crazy! Started learning dev a few months ago and got a good grasp of the basics from https://t.co/LihmLH5pGf, then discovered Claude 3.5 on week 2 of buildspace and have been doing in weeks what I thought would take months!

[oli @olisilvr]

also if you want a bit more context check out a quick launch video from last week explaining how sowr works atm! https://t.co/dFhEuQSnjh

[oli @olisilvr]

w3 launch!
made a quick video today further explaining sowr and some of the rationale behind the project!

waitlist is live @ https://t.co/n5vWYCyUWj

cc @_buildspace @_nightsweekends @FarzaTV @wordisbonz

source for stats at beginning of video: https://t.co/bLqjI8IFDJ

[oli @olisilvr]

nw #4:
this week have refocussed on design and began building a core functionality - note taking.

have added a new list view of all stored content and have repurposed the visual node network to be more of a navigator than the sole UI!

@_buildspace @_nightsweekends @FarzaTV

[oli @olisilvr]

also thanks to @skyash101 for the feedback last week that helped me remember to focus on what was important! https://t.co/1hF3WauK47

[yash @_skyash]

@olisilvr looks a bit complicated for a user, you can simply give a popup to take note on clicking node.

[oli @olisilvr]

have been spending some much needed time going back & working on design for sowr. feeling way clearer about direction - spent too long over the last two weeks down rabbit holes trying to fix irrelevant superficial issues, lost sight of functionality being the priority!

[oli @olisilvr]

@HajelaNaman this is a bit too relatable hahaha

[oli @olisilvr]

@skyash101 yees am definitely going to add in a full note editor - this just meant for quick notes, may remove in future if not liked or needed

[oli @olisilvr]

finally got a POC working for updating individual components of my d3 force graph in react. still not sure if am using optimal approach as i'm using d3 enter/exit/update - but it works for now. was stuck on this all last week!
will try implement into main app this week!