I had Notion, Obsidian, Apple Notes, and Bear installed at the same time. I used none of them for what I actually needed: catching a thought before it vanished.
The problem wasn't features. It was friction. Every app wanted me to organize before I captured. Pick a notebook. Choose a folder. Tag it. By then the thought was gone.
So I built Stik. It does one thing:
⌘+Shift+S > post-it appears > type > close
No account. No cloud. No sync. No organization step. Your notes are .md files in a folder. That's it.
I did add two things that surprised me by how useful they are:
- On-device semantic search (Apple NaturalLanguage framework via a Swift sidecar, no API keys)
- Smart folder suggestions based on note content
The problem wasn't features. It was friction. Every app wanted me to organize before I captured. Pick a notebook. Choose a folder. Tag it. By then the thought was gone.
So I built Stik. It does one thing:
⌘+Shift+S > post-it appears > type > close
No account. No cloud. No sync. No organization step. Your notes are .md files in a folder. That's it.
I did add two things that surprised me by how useful they are: - On-device semantic search (Apple NaturalLanguage framework via a Swift sidecar, no API keys) - Smart folder suggestions based on note content
Both run entirely on your Mac. Zero cloud calls.