How it started (2021)
How it’s going (2025)
How it’s going (2025)
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
How it started (2021)
How it’s going (2025)
How it’s going (2025)
Yeah I tried that here, but it loses the feeling of a book opened on a table. Before and after here.
Not saying you're wrong about that (my intuition says the navbar is too bright). I just can't get the feel I want doing it "right" yet. Need to try things
Not saying you're wrong about that (my intuition says the navbar is too bright). I just can't get the feel I want doing it "right" yet. Need to try things
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Yeah I tried that here, but it loses the feeling of a book opened on a table. Before and after here.
Not saying you're wrong about that (my intuition says the navbar is too bright). I just can't get the feel I want doing it "right" yet. Need to try things
Not saying you're wrong about that (my intuition says the navbar is too bright). I just can't get the feel I want doing it "right" yet. Need to try things
Adding some depth to this notes app mock. What if the pages were a little bit 3D?
November 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Adding some depth to this notes app mock. What if the pages were a little bit 3D?
Y'all need to use Voiceink for voice dictation.
It's fast, 100% local, open source, compilable from the GitHub repo, and no subscription fee. Replaced Wisprflow with it and it's just as fast and accurate.
🔊 Sound on!
It's fast, 100% local, open source, compilable from the GitHub repo, and no subscription fee. Replaced Wisprflow with it and it's just as fast and accurate.
🔊 Sound on!
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Y'all need to use Voiceink for voice dictation.
It's fast, 100% local, open source, compilable from the GitHub repo, and no subscription fee. Replaced Wisprflow with it and it's just as fast and accurate.
🔊 Sound on!
It's fast, 100% local, open source, compilable from the GitHub repo, and no subscription fee. Replaced Wisprflow with it and it's just as fast and accurate.
🔊 Sound on!
I'm building a file explorer in React + Rust. And @tauri.app is AMAZING for accessing the file system safely 👀
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm building a file explorer in React + Rust. And @tauri.app is AMAZING for accessing the file system safely 👀
Progress so far: I can log my home directory without getting yelled at for file permissions 🎉
Hilarious this is a win, but it is. Next up: navigation between directories
Hilarious this is a win, but it is. Next up: navigation between directories
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Progress so far: I can log my home directory without getting yelled at for file permissions 🎉
Hilarious this is a win, but it is. Next up: navigation between directories
Hilarious this is a win, but it is. Next up: navigation between directories
I'm live building apple notes, but markdown and claude code compatible. Come join me!
twitch.tv/bholmesdev 🔴
twitch.tv/bholmesdev 🔴
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'm live building apple notes, but markdown and claude code compatible. Come join me!
twitch.tv/bholmesdev 🔴
twitch.tv/bholmesdev 🔴
⚠️ Whiteboard guy now streams weekday mornings ⚠️
Gonna do 90 min blocks Mon-Thurs this week to test the waters. See you on twitch 🫡
Gonna do 90 min blocks Mon-Thurs this week to test the waters. See you on twitch 🫡
September 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
⚠️ Whiteboard guy now streams weekday mornings ⚠️
Gonna do 90 min blocks Mon-Thurs this week to test the waters. See you on twitch 🫡
Gonna do 90 min blocks Mon-Thurs this week to test the waters. See you on twitch 🫡
💥 The whiteboard guy is back. And it’s a big one.
💡 Here are two tips you probably haven’t heard before to make React apps feel native. Friendly to web devs, Tauri devs, and Electron devs alike!
Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPO...
💡 Here are two tips you probably haven’t heard before to make React apps feel native. Friendly to web devs, Tauri devs, and Electron devs alike!
Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPO...
September 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
💥 The whiteboard guy is back. And it’s a big one.
💡 Here are two tips you probably haven’t heard before to make React apps feel native. Friendly to web devs, Tauri devs, and Electron devs alike!
Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPO...
💡 Here are two tips you probably haven’t heard before to make React apps feel native. Friendly to web devs, Tauri devs, and Electron devs alike!
Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPO...
My quest continues to build "Apple Notes, but markdown and cross-platform."
Big changes:
Switched from Svelte to React
Switched from raw ProseMirror to TipTap
Switched from opening files to writing files to a directory automatically, complete with file name generation ✨
Big changes:
Switched from Svelte to React
Switched from raw ProseMirror to TipTap
Switched from opening files to writing files to a directory automatically, complete with file name generation ✨
September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My quest continues to build "Apple Notes, but markdown and cross-platform."
Big changes:
Switched from Svelte to React
Switched from raw ProseMirror to TipTap
Switched from opening files to writing files to a directory automatically, complete with file name generation ✨
Big changes:
Switched from Svelte to React
Switched from raw ProseMirror to TipTap
Switched from opening files to writing files to a directory automatically, complete with file name generation ✨
Yes you can! Just flip off AI from your settings
August 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yes you can! Just flip off AI from your settings
💡Tip: if you need to add keyboard shortcut banners to your app, you can find all the shortcut symbols in that Raycast emoji picker
August 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
💡Tip: if you need to add keyboard shortcut banners to your app, you can find all the shortcut symbols in that Raycast emoji picker
I still vibe with this problem, but I don't like the solution anymore. My goal is to build a notetaking solution that's as easy to use as apple notes, and as powerful for organization as Notion. And I think that means a whole new app. And, yes, AI.
Rough sketch of a "smart search" mechanism:
Rough sketch of a "smart search" mechanism:
August 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I still vibe with this problem, but I don't like the solution anymore. My goal is to build a notetaking solution that's as easy to use as apple notes, and as powerful for organization as Notion. And I think that means a whole new app. And, yes, AI.
Rough sketch of a "smart search" mechanism:
Rough sketch of a "smart search" mechanism:
🤯 What, Chrome has an AI summarizer API built in now??
- No API keys, no internet. Runs locally
- Downloads the model on-demand
- Available as a global in the latest version of Chrome. Works in chrome extensions too
I have so many chrome extension ideas now...
- No API keys, no internet. Runs locally
- Downloads the model on-demand
- Available as a global in the latest version of Chrome. Works in chrome extensions too
I have so many chrome extension ideas now...
August 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🤯 What, Chrome has an AI summarizer API built in now??
- No API keys, no internet. Runs locally
- Downloads the model on-demand
- Available as a global in the latest version of Chrome. Works in chrome extensions too
I have so many chrome extension ideas now...
- No API keys, no internet. Runs locally
- Downloads the model on-demand
- Available as a global in the latest version of Chrome. Works in chrome extensions too
I have so many chrome extension ideas now...
Refining this some more. Instead of separate modes, maybe you can combine stickies into "groups." This creates a visual stack of stickies, and hovering that stack will show a preview of each sticky for easier navigation. Kind of like tabs, but with a more skeuomorphic visual?
August 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Refining this some more. Instead of separate modes, maybe you can combine stickies into "groups." This creates a visual stack of stickies, and hovering that stack will show a preview of each sticky for easier navigation. Kind of like tabs, but with a more skeuomorphic visual?
Okay, @tldraw.com is the best whiteboarding app 🏆
- Attention to detail off-the-charts. Even the dashes resize to always stay symmetrical
- Keyboard shortcuts are snappy. shift+2 to focus a selection, shift+1 to see everything
- Available as an SDK to embed anywhere
- Attention to detail off-the-charts. Even the dashes resize to always stay symmetrical
- Keyboard shortcuts are snappy. shift+2 to focus a selection, shift+1 to see everything
- Available as an SDK to embed anywhere
August 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Okay, @tldraw.com is the best whiteboarding app 🏆
- Attention to detail off-the-charts. Even the dashes resize to always stay symmetrical
- Keyboard shortcuts are snappy. shift+2 to focus a selection, shift+1 to see everything
- Available as an SDK to embed anywhere
- Attention to detail off-the-charts. Even the dashes resize to always stay symmetrical
- Keyboard shortcuts are snappy. shift+2 to focus a selection, shift+1 to see everything
- Available as an SDK to embed anywhere
Here are some early mocks. Fleshing out a "sticky mode" and "notebook mode" to switch between the feel of Apple Stickies and Apple Notes with a toggle
August 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Here are some early mocks. Fleshing out a "sticky mode" and "notebook mode" to switch between the feel of Apple Stickies and Apple Notes with a toggle
I've been annoyed with notetaking apps for a while. And after 5-10 false starts... I think I figured out what to build.
It's not a markdown editor, and it's not an all-in-one solution. But it's (hopefully) a really cool and powerful idea. Curious what y'all think:
It's not a markdown editor, and it's not an all-in-one solution. But it's (hopefully) a really cool and powerful idea. Curious what y'all think:
August 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I've been annoyed with notetaking apps for a while. And after 5-10 false starts... I think I figured out what to build.
It's not a markdown editor, and it's not an all-in-one solution. But it's (hopefully) a really cool and powerful idea. Curious what y'all think:
It's not a markdown editor, and it's not an all-in-one solution. But it's (hopefully) a really cool and powerful idea. Curious what y'all think:
🔥 The MacOS Stickies app is so underrated.
- Little floating windows to take notes throughout the day
- Can pin/float on top of whatever you're doing
- Can color-coat to organize thoughts
...Probably hasn't been changed since the 90s, but you can't knock stable software
- Little floating windows to take notes throughout the day
- Can pin/float on top of whatever you're doing
- Can color-coat to organize thoughts
...Probably hasn't been changed since the 90s, but you can't knock stable software
August 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🔥 The MacOS Stickies app is so underrated.
- Little floating windows to take notes throughout the day
- Can pin/float on top of whatever you're doing
- Can color-coat to organize thoughts
...Probably hasn't been changed since the 90s, but you can't knock stable software
- Little floating windows to take notes throughout the day
- Can pin/float on top of whatever you're doing
- Can color-coat to organize thoughts
...Probably hasn't been changed since the 90s, but you can't knock stable software
Get that. Lucide is a gold standard. Just found mingcute to be a bit more expressive. Not for every app, but it fits my style :)
August 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Get that. Lucide is a gold standard. Just found mingcute to be a bit more expressive. Not for every app, but it fits my style :)
🔥 Mingcute has been my go-to icon library for a while.
- Open source and open license
- "Cute" and bubbly icon style with more options than most
- Really nice Figma plugin
- Iconify support to use in any web project
- Open source and open license
- "Cute" and bubbly icon style with more options than most
- Really nice Figma plugin
- Iconify support to use in any web project
August 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🔥 Mingcute has been my go-to icon library for a while.
- Open source and open license
- "Cute" and bubbly icon style with more options than most
- Really nice Figma plugin
- Iconify support to use in any web project
- Open source and open license
- "Cute" and bubbly icon style with more options than most
- Really nice Figma plugin
- Iconify support to use in any web project
Good morning Taravangian. I see we have failed the intelligence test today...
August 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Good morning Taravangian. I see we have failed the intelligence test today...
Adapted my app logo to a desktop icon. What do we think?
August 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Adapted my app logo to a desktop icon. What do we think?
🙄 Your CSS box-shadows could look better...
Check out this Beautiful Shadows plugin I found on Figma. Lets you play with elevation, brightness, and distance for fancy, multi-layered shadows. Copy as CSS to plop in your project or your Tailwind theme!
Check out this Beautiful Shadows plugin I found on Figma. Lets you play with elevation, brightness, and distance for fancy, multi-layered shadows. Copy as CSS to plop in your project or your Tailwind theme!
July 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🙄 Your CSS box-shadows could look better...
Check out this Beautiful Shadows plugin I found on Figma. Lets you play with elevation, brightness, and distance for fancy, multi-layered shadows. Copy as CSS to plop in your project or your Tailwind theme!
Check out this Beautiful Shadows plugin I found on Figma. Lets you play with elevation, brightness, and distance for fancy, multi-layered shadows. Copy as CSS to plop in your project or your Tailwind theme!