Show HN: DailyNote – one-note-per-day app with local-first encryption
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Nice project! I’m always interested in new note‑takers because I haven’t found one that really fits my workflow yet.
As @_mig5 mentioned, having version control with history tracking would be amazing — and an agent mode could be really cool too.
As @_mig5 mentioned, having version control with history tracking would be amazing — and an agent mode could be really cool too.
Thank you! Great idea about revisions, will definitely add this!
Regarding AI, I was thinking about this as well. Perhaps for feedback/reflection on your notes, or to summarize longer periods and look for behaviorial patterns over weeks/months/years. What would you implement an agent mode for?
Regarding AI, I was thinking about this as well. Perhaps for feedback/reflection on your notes, or to summarize longer periods and look for behaviorial patterns over weeks/months/years. What would you implement an agent mode for?
Please excuse the late reply; notifications at HN could be significantly better.
For example, for writing a blog post, if I only want to write down notes, meeting notes, etc.
For example, for writing a blog post, if I only want to write down notes, meeting notes, etc.
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Really nice work! Seems super clean and efficient.
I don't want to do a 'look at my tool, it's better' comment (it's not better!) - but per your request for feedback, I just wanted to mention a (sort of) similar project I've been recently working on: https://git.mig5.net/mig5/bouquin, and it might give you some ideas for taking yours further:
Some similarities:
- 'one note per day' design
- days with notes have a visual 'marker' in the calendar
- full encryption at rest
But there are some big differences:
- It's a Qt GUI app (not web based, no syncing)
- It does a lot of other things (document storage, time logging, invoicing etc)
I mention it only because I implemented a few things based on feedback for my own app, that I could see would be useful in yours! Those suggestions are:
- Live markdown syntax (I couldn't use # or * or other Markdown symbols in your app, and that's a pretty popular option, for formatting)
- Version control of notes (in Bouquin, every change auto-saves and there is a sort of 'git diff' version interface that allows reverting to an earlier version)
- Tagging and search
- Perhaps support images
- Code blocks (this is kind of the same as the markdown idea, but syntax highlighting would be a huge win)
One other rather obscure bit of feedback I got for my app, was for people who use it as a 'TODO' planner: for items that were left 'unchecked' (incomplete) at the end of the day, I managed to make it move those items automatically to the next day, to help carry across unfinished work. I was sceptical at first, but it surprisingly useful once implemented!
Anyway, well done! Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
I don't want to do a 'look at my tool, it's better' comment (it's not better!) - but per your request for feedback, I just wanted to mention a (sort of) similar project I've been recently working on: https://git.mig5.net/mig5/bouquin, and it might give you some ideas for taking yours further:
Some similarities:
- 'one note per day' design
- days with notes have a visual 'marker' in the calendar
- full encryption at rest
But there are some big differences:
- It's a Qt GUI app (not web based, no syncing)
- It does a lot of other things (document storage, time logging, invoicing etc)
I mention it only because I implemented a few things based on feedback for my own app, that I could see would be useful in yours! Those suggestions are:
- Live markdown syntax (I couldn't use # or * or other Markdown symbols in your app, and that's a pretty popular option, for formatting)
- Version control of notes (in Bouquin, every change auto-saves and there is a sort of 'git diff' version interface that allows reverting to an earlier version)
- Tagging and search
- Perhaps support images
- Code blocks (this is kind of the same as the markdown idea, but syntax highlighting would be a huge win)
One other rather obscure bit of feedback I got for my app, was for people who use it as a 'TODO' planner: for items that were left 'unchecked' (incomplete) at the end of the day, I managed to make it move those items automatically to the next day, to help carry across unfinished work. I was sceptical at first, but it surprisingly useful once implemented!
Anyway, well done! Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
Awesome, thanks so much!
Bouquin looks like a very comprehensive tool, I'll give it a deeper look!
And I will definitely work on those improvements, they seem like must-haves w/o compromizing the minimalist approach I took.
Thanks again and all the best!
Bouquin looks like a very comprehensive tool, I'll give it a deeper look!
And I will definitely work on those improvements, they seem like must-haves w/o compromizing the minimalist approach I took.
Thanks again and all the best!
I built DailyNote, a minimalist daily notes app: one note per day, a year-at-a-glance calendar, and local-first storage.
The interesting bit is the encryption + sync model:
I built the whole project in one day using Claude + Codex with a spec‑driven approach (tight PRD → implementation). It’s React/TypeScript, IndexedDB for local persistence, and optional cloud sync.
Demo: https://dailynote.xyz/
Repo: https://github.com/katspaugh/dailynote
Would love feedback on the crypto model, UX, or anything else.