Show HN: CodeOwl – Organize your notes, todos, and code snippets in one place(codeowl.io)
codeowl.io
Show HN: CodeOwl – Organize your notes, todos, and code snippets in one place
https://codeowl.io/
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Good stuff. I could see myself using this. A few bits of feedback:
- Notes should be clamped to screen. There seems to be no limit to how far off screen I can drag something, after which I cannot bring it back (unless I create another note).
- It would be nice if there was some way to snap the notes along a grid so that it's easier to arrange things neatly.
- Collapsible notes would be nice (e.g. collapsing the note so that only the header is visible). Right now each tab has a very limited amount of space.
- Notes should be clamped to screen. There seems to be no limit to how far off screen I can drag something, after which I cannot bring it back (unless I create another note).
- It would be nice if there was some way to snap the notes along a grid so that it's easier to arrange things neatly.
- Collapsible notes would be nice (e.g. collapsing the note so that only the header is visible). Right now each tab has a very limited amount of space.
Awesome feedback , we were unsure between complete free-form and a grid system but seems like many people prefer a more rigid grid
Nice application, thanks.
There really needs to be a way to change the order of to-do's.
What happens to deleted to-do's? Gone forever?
Also CodeOwl combined with graphviz (as shown here- https://zwischenzugs.com/2017/12/18/project-management-as-co...) would be very cool- to-do list -> dependency diagram with colours updating as items are checked off...
There really needs to be a way to change the order of to-do's.
What happens to deleted to-do's? Gone forever?
Also CodeOwl combined with graphviz (as shown here- https://zwischenzugs.com/2017/12/18/project-management-as-co...) would be very cool- to-do list -> dependency diagram with colours updating as items are checked off...
Congrats on launch!
A call to action could be useful. "Welcome to CodeOwl! Create your first note/link now."
Looks nice!
A call to action could be useful. "Welcome to CodeOwl! Create your first note/link now."
Looks nice!
No privacy policy, no about page. No info on who's actually behind this. No contact info whatsoever. Why should I register for an account or input any of my data?
Any possibility of allowing self-hosting? Would be fantastic to run on my local dev server.
as of today , we only implemented the cloud version running with firebase on the backend , but a localhost solution is definetly in the works. I can send you an email once a localhost version is ready -- stay in touch [email protected]
Thank you all for the great feedback you have given me.
Please join the CodeOwl subreddit to stay in touch, I will be posting updates over there for all the features requested in this thread !
https://www.reddit.com/r/codeowl/
Happy Coding
https://www.reddit.com/r/codeowl/
Happy Coding
Bug report: When I add an invalid link (Like "123") to the Links widget it sends a request to "publicApi/links" which hangs for a few minutes before failing.
It looks like you're requesting the URL server-side to provide a preview, you may want to validate the URL before making the request, or catch invalid requests.
It looks like you're requesting the URL server-side to provide a preview, you may want to validate the URL before making the request, or catch invalid requests.
To the CodeOwl developers:
How did this Show HN work out for you?
What kind of traffic did you get to your site? Did people give it a solid test-drive? Did they offer good suggestions, find bugs, etc?
Thanks.
What kind of traffic did you get to your site? Did people give it a solid test-drive? Did they offer good suggestions, find bugs, etc?
Thanks.
We got quite a bit of traffic , and the target group is perfect for codeowl, also the feedback has been overwhelming and mostly positive. I think Show HN is a great idea for dev tools
As someone planning to do a "Show HN", understanding what "quite a bit of traffic" means, would be helpful. Can you could divulge more details? Happy you got positive feedback. Seems like a good idea for a tool, and nicely implemented. Thanks.
I guess it's all relative , but we recieved about 7200 unique user sessions in 2 days from HN. Let me know when your Show HN is published :)
Thanks.
That's helpful.
My app, if you care to take a look now:
https://ixberg.com/#/invite/2018-hn-1
(anyone reading this can try this as well)
My app, if you care to take a look now:
https://ixberg.com/#/invite/2018-hn-1
(anyone reading this can try this as well)
Nice tool. I would make urls just clickable and hyperlink them. CodeOwl may not have access to everything I paste there and some urls may be broken if you don't have access.
CodeOwl is not yet supported on small screen resolutions :(
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Looks nice, but I'd save everything to local storage when it's not saved to the server. I expected it to be still there when I press F5.
Also, when you are dragging an item, make sure it get's the highers z-index, you don't want the tile you are holding to appear below another one while dragging.
Also, when you are dragging an item, make sure it get's the highers z-index, you don't want the tile you are holding to appear below another one while dragging.
I like the localStorage persistence ! you can expect this feature to be there soon , thanks for the feedback
I love it, a small project space manager.
But what does it use for storage? Do you have a backend or is it all browser storage? I assume backend since Firefox never prompted me about using browser storage.
Reason I ask is that all free things come to an end. Just like Taiga.io, which I used before for minor project management.
But what does it use for storage? Do you have a backend or is it all browser storage? I assume backend since Firefox never prompted me about using browser storage.
Reason I ask is that all free things come to an end. Just like Taiga.io, which I used before for minor project management.
I am using firebase for storage currently the model is completely free , once you create enough dashboards you can request extra space also for free ( for all early adopter and for the foreseeable future )
This is exactly the kind of application my life needs! I've been using the Notes section of the toolbelt of Sublime.
edit- autosave would be great though. I made all these notes, then left for an hour (without saving), when I came back the page refreshed itself and everything was gone.
edit- autosave would be great though. I made all these notes, then left for an hour (without saving), when I came back the page refreshed itself and everything was gone.
glad you find this useful .. this came about after years of frustration as a dev
Very cool man. I could definitely see myself using this. Is there a mode to set new notes to tiling mode rather than down a list? Something similar to https://i3wm.org/
This seems to be the most consistent feedback we've had so far, so you can definitely expect tiling mode to come soon
No worries man. I love the initial site and concept. I can't wait to see more of it. I will show it to my team next week. I'd love to save screenshots and an autosave, I'm pretty forgetful.
I will continue to use it and give you guys feedback. Nice work!
I will continue to use it and give you guys feedback. Nice work!
Random bug: All panes seem to accept pressing <enter> as valid input. The URL pane seems to spin forever if you just press <enter>.
Neat though, agreed with adding a todo to help the user navigate their first time through.
Neat though, agreed with adding a todo to help the user navigate their first time through.
Interesting, thanks for reporting !
Looks interessting. Is there an export?
Kanban might also be something to strive for. This should be easily implementable by just adding a column- or grid-layout with title-element at the top, per tab.
Kanban might also be something to strive for. This should be easily implementable by just adding a column- or grid-layout with title-element at the top, per tab.
export sounds like an awesome feature to add .. I guess the format of the exported data is something I'd have to think about
any format in particular ? .. JSON would be the most natural , XML is possible .. plain text probably the most useful
Whatever would be simple and stable. So yaeh, JSON seems to be the obvious choice. I guess Firebase or your web-framework is already using it internally?
Export is the natural downfall of every cloud-solution. Because if people have no way to get their data, many will not bother to bound with a closed up tool.
Export is the natural downfall of every cloud-solution. Because if people have no way to get their data, many will not bother to bound with a closed up tool.
I really like this and can imagine using it regularly. Do you have any plans to support more color options in the future?
do you mean color for text , or for the widgets themselves .. we do plan on creating a dark theme , as well as adding more coloring options to the widgets
I meant both the widgets and the text: I tried changing the color of the widget to grey and with the default text color it was very difficult to read, but I didn't see any way to change the color of the text.
Having the option to change the theme of the entire app or dashboard would be very desirable as a feature, at least to me.
Having the option to change the theme of the entire app or dashboard would be very desirable as a feature, at least to me.
Very cool. Be nice to have it as a Chrome plugin just to open it quickly, or have it there all the time as a new tab.
We were thinking of making a desktop client for codeowl , but chrome plugin might be even easier
Not just chrome. Some people use Firefox ;)
I tried it, it's promising. I'd like a desktop app/ browser plugin version too, I think. But don't take just my word for it... I'm not sure I'm a good client for this sort of app (e.g. I don't pay for Evernote, just use it within their "free" limitations)
I tried it, it's promising. I'd like a desktop app/ browser plugin version too, I think. But don't take just my word for it... I'm not sure I'm a good client for this sort of app (e.g. I don't pay for Evernote, just use it within their "free" limitations)
Where is my Clojure syntax highlighting?
Clojure syntax -- noted
While calling out languages - rust.
Common Lisp would be great as well.
Sounds very interesting. Out of curiosity, why would I use this over, e.g. Org mode?
I would say the most obvious difference is having all your notes / dashboards in the cloud, accessible through a web-browser, and being able to share them with others through a url
nice work!
I couldn't figure out how to exit the full screen interactive code view.
The button to delete a todo and "check" a todo are pretty close together, easy to click the wrong one. maybe move the check to the left side of the text?
adding links is really slow.
I couldn't figure out how to exit the full screen interactive code view.
The button to delete a todo and "check" a todo are pretty close together, easy to click the wrong one. maybe move the check to the left side of the text?
adding links is really slow.
Hey @charbz great project! How can I get in touch to provide some feedback?
Thank you ! feel free to write me on [email protected] your feedback is much appreciated
nice work, looks very polished from the outset.
Couple of things: - Items don't reflow when you remove them? I only added loads of notes and removed the top two, but the rest stayed off the screen.
Couple of things: - Items don't reflow when you remove them? I only added loads of notes and removed the top two, but the rest stayed off the screen.
How do you search stuff you've save?
Also, I'd set
as I'm getting a double scrollbar in Chrome (Windows 10).