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Syncthing functions as a sort of decentralized Dropbox or Google drive, by keeping folder content synchronized across any number of devices. I haven't tried the iOS clients, but android, Linux, and windows work great.
Yeah Syncthing solves the “where does the data live” part really well.
What I kept struggling with is the step before that — actually capturing something in the moment, from whatever context you're in.
Even with sync in place, I always felt like I still had to decide where to put things and which tool to use.
That’s where it starts to break down for me.
Edit: disregard
Good question 🙂
For me it’s mostly the small, in-the-moment things:
Not really structured notes — more like “things that appear during the day” that I don’t want to think about organizing right away.
That’s also why tools like Joplin or OneNote never quite fit for me in that specific moment — they work great once you sit down to write something, but not as much as a quick, frictionless entry point.
Right on. I actually saw your response to the other person down lower right after posting this 😂
I'm curious to see how you tackle this puzzle. I usually just text myself with this kind of thing, but I know that doesn't work for everyone...
Yeah exactly — that’s pretty much the pattern I kept falling into too.
“Texting myself” works, but it still feels like you're bending a tool to do something it wasn’t really designed for.
What I was trying to fix was that exact moment before that — when something appears and you either capture it instantly… or lose it.
So instead of choosing the tool each time, I tried to make the entry point always the same, and push the “what is this?” decision later.
Curious if that resonates with how you use it day-to-day.