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Launched!

I have been obsessed with the idea for years, and finally, within two sleepless nights, I was able to start the project, design, code and launch the app.

Learnt along the way:

  1. You need really, really little to start. Much less than your brain thinks. Just go with the inspiration.

  2. I'm fast.

, Founder of Icon for Poe
Poe
on September 15, 2019
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    Honestly, this is pretty cool. I love that all you see is 'start typing... ' That minimalist interface is very appealing. When I type notes the idea is to get ideas out of my head with minimal effort( like pencil and paper). Great first effort!

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      Precisely. Your pencil and paper analogy is really good: you open the notebook and start writing, that’s it.

      Thank you for the feedback!

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    Nice! :-) I am also working on a writing app and just recently launched it. How do you save notes?

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      IndexedDB. Nothing fancy so far :)
      Eventually I’ll have to use a server for the opt-it sync functionality, and IndexedDB has memory limits, but it’s not a concern in this moment.

      I checked out Title by the way, love it, the design, and the idea!

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        Thanks for checking it out! And cool, I actually meant how to do it in the UI (I read the other comments though; didn't realize it happens automagically :P)

        Nice launch though! Looking forward to your next milestone! 🔥

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    Congratulations! 🙌
    You've done the hard part -- getting started.
    And you've hit the nail on the head -- it often takes a lot less than you think to just get the ball rolling.

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      Yesss exactly!

      And thank you :)

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    Looks so nice dude! So clean and professional.

    Is there going to be any plans to save notes?

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      Thanks! Please note: it's an EXTREMELY alpha stage. But the notes are already automatically saved, locally on your browser, as soon as you hit 5 words.

      Move you mouse towards the left of the screen to access saved notes ;)

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        That's a nice feature! It would be cool to have some kind of "save status" icon/text to give the user better feedback that this is happening. Really nice looking app overall!

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        I was thinking that! Sorry I didn't mean my comment to come across rude or anything!

        It's so awesome - love the simplicity! 💪🏻 I'm going to follow your progress, great! Connect with me on Twitter!

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          Oh no it didn't come across as rude at all! I was gonna add formatting next, but I'm adding the saved indicator instead. Yours was the first feedback ever 🎉

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            Awesome stuff! I'm so glad I could be the first ever! Best of luck for the project!!

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    Love this Manuele! Very clever and minimistic. Wishing you further success

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    That's really good! So clean and in two days!

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      Thank you! I’m going to publish a write up in a day or two.

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