I migrated all my notes to Joplin (including importing Evernote and OneNote) and have been using it for awhile but performance is it's biggest issue.
(1) Importing notes takes forever, I'm talking hours, even if you're pointing to a local notes folder.
(2) There is no background sync on mobile so every time it's open the app, wait a 10+ seconds to sync, then open the new note. I've found myself keeping important notes on Keep for quick access.
(3) All notes and resources are in a flat folder so if you have a large database filesystems will struggle and break in strange ways. I guess I hit some limits in OneDrive and it can't list all files so I started missing notes. I ended up doing an audit and found a couple dozen things not syncing. Now I'm paranoid I'll lose more notes and commit all changes to a git repo.
I still think there isn't a better alternative in my case and plan to make improvements to address my pain points.
This saved my butt when I lost my mouse dongle and only had an Ubuntu instance available at the time. I was able to pair my mouse to the same dongle my keyboard used and have been using the software ever since without issue. Thank you!
When I was shopping around for EVs at the time the Bolt was actually more efficient miles/kwh than a Tesla. Factoring that into the total cost of ownership further widened the price between them.
I haven’t used WhatsApp for while so maybe I’m wrong about that one, but Messenger definitely doesn’t work. I wish it was opt in by default for all notifications, it’s annoying so many don’t work.
Do they mention CarPlay? It drives me crazy that it only integrates notifications with Apple first party apps. It will send me notifications for iMessage or Apple calendar, but completely silences and hides Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Google calendar, Google voice, etc no matter what settings I try. It's frankly dangerous because it forces me to check my phone while driving in case of an urgent message or call. Meanwhile Android auto will show me all notifications and I can silence them while driving if I choose.
Samsung CRG9 (previous sale at Costco for $749, currently $849) connected through HP USB-C Dock G5 (models are confusing, exact one I bought was https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RGC9QSL/). I'm using original base M1 Macbook (currently $749 at Costco) and have had zero issues with the monitor. Without the dock you might need a USB-C to DisplayPort adapter like mentioned in reddit comments you linked to, but I already had the dock from a previous workstation and everything just worked when I plugged it in.
Considering minor Macbook upgrades can get you into >$1500 price territory pretty easily I think this a fantastic value. If you wanted to buy my full setup right now it would be $849 + $749 + $145 = $1745 but you're getting “dual” monitors and dock that can be reused with any modern machine, making it easy to switch between work and play. I can even plug my Steam Deck into it. :) (No affiliation with any of these products!)
I feel like I accidentally discovered a huge hack for this by upgrading to a 49" DQHD monitor. It's the exact same resolution as two 27" 1440p monitors so it's like any Apple silicon chip has always supported dual external displays. And it was a much better overall value compared to buying 2 displays + over-specced macbook.
I consider M1 as already supporting two external displays if you're using a 49" DQHD monitor. :) Mine (Samsung CRG9) is the exact same resolution as two 27" 1440p monitors.
Highly recommend, after switching and getting used to window management software (Rectangle is great and open source) it's hard to imagine going back. There are use cases I just can't do with a gap in the middle of my display. Like being able to take up the whole screen with my IDE when needed or treat center center of my display as my 27" monitor and 1/4 sides as split 27".
I was there during that time too, drove me crazy when they announced that change. Pay wasn't competitive and now you're messing with our retirement? I'm sure someone in finance got rewarded for making it sound like benefits weren't changing but actually paying out significantly less averaged over the whole work force. I ended up finding another company in the area doing my same work for double the salary, but it costs me 10 months of 401K matching!
If you're interested in library integration with Goodreads there are a couple browser extensions that work pretty well and have unofficial best effort to stay compatible with:
- Library Extension https://www.libraryextension.com/ (closed source, works on Amazon too, lots of features and supports multiple browsers)
I've been using https://github.com/odeke-em/drive for awhile without issues, originally written by a Googler. I've also heard good things about insync.
(1) Importing notes takes forever, I'm talking hours, even if you're pointing to a local notes folder.
(2) There is no background sync on mobile so every time it's open the app, wait a 10+ seconds to sync, then open the new note. I've found myself keeping important notes on Keep for quick access.
(3) All notes and resources are in a flat folder so if you have a large database filesystems will struggle and break in strange ways. I guess I hit some limits in OneDrive and it can't list all files so I started missing notes. I ended up doing an audit and found a couple dozen things not syncing. Now I'm paranoid I'll lose more notes and commit all changes to a git repo.
I still think there isn't a better alternative in my case and plan to make improvements to address my pain points.