Just building something for fun!
- Need a minimal interface to help me improve writing.
- Markdown First -> Solving my need first.
- Focus Mode -> Focus on current sentence and dim the rest.
- Syntax Highlighting -> Help me identify the clutter in my writing.
The MVP would be the above features with markdown export.
The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there's a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect things that they really love. —Austin Kleon
- Daylight: The early inspiration comes from Daylight's distraction free writing mode. I never tried it but looked amazing.
- iA Writer: First heard of this from my initial conversation with ChatGPT, then a few more folks from the Frontend Hire community and reddit suggested this tool. My problem is that it is not web-based.
- Typora: Checked for the alternatives of
iA Writerand found this. Again, not web-based. But is a more WYSIWYG thaniA Writer. - Obsidian: I like this tool but never used it as much as I wanted.
The product I want to build:
- Has iA Writer's minimal interface
- Has Typora style WYSIWYG
- Helps build a note taking system like Obsidian
- Exports directly to markdown with YAML data
I am still experimenting and thoughts could change as I build.