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I need a better code journaling app than Evernote.

Bob Walsh on September 27, 2019

Thanks to a series here Why you should keep a Code Journal | Code Journaling pt 1 of 4 - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻 I've been seriously reconsidering how...
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James dengel •

I've found a simple solution to this for myself.

github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal

It keeps all the notes in git, so everything is in searchable, dated, and simple and can enter it from my phone, whether I am at a computer or not.

It's no enterprise level but suits me just fine.

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Bob Walsh •

Hi James,

Good find - a lot closer to what I want: my data in my repo, a mobile app, easy modification. Still need a few things: a simple way to "bookmark" a URL in Chrome (Evernote web clipper).

Thanks for the suggestion: anything I can do for you?

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Vishesh Handa •

Hi Bob. I'm the creator of GitJournal and happened to stumble upon this post. Please feel free to shoot me and email if there is someway I can improve it to better suit your needs.

The WebClipper feature might take a while.

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Christian Ransom •

Hi Bob,

What is it about Evernote that you don't like or don't think is good for a developer? What kind of features are you looking for that Evernote doesn't have?

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Bob Walsh •
  1. turn my URLs into slack-like cards, so I can get some sense of what I "bookmarked",
  2. Give me a better mechanism for linking pages in notebooks.
  3. Better tagging UX
  4. Better markdown support.
  5. the Evernote web clipper is kind of a blunt instrument - more control.

That's off the top of my head. Any suggestions?

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Christian Ransom • • Edited

Well I did recently see someone on another post comment about jupyter. I've haven't tried it out but it looks very interesting.

jupyter.org/

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Bob Walsh •

jupyter.orgIt is, took a look at the Ruby example. But not compelling enough to make the switch...

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Paweł Kowalski • • Edited

I like Notion (notion.so)

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Bob Walsh •

Notion is interesting but disorganized. It's a catch-all, not a structured approach - In my opinion.

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Bob Walsh •

Thanks John - how are you doing your journaling on a day-to-day basis?