Show HN: A note-taking web app that won't ever betray you

This assumes that edsu will never betray you.<p>Given the broad meaning of betray used, that seems unlikely. If edsu gets big it will have to pay for all that storage somehow. Like all things edsu will one day come to an end, and like most websites&#x2F;companies&#x2F;endeavors it will probably come to an end before I do.

This is my first time reading about Edsu, it seems very similar to the Solid Platform in one important aspect: it keeps data in the control of the user, separate from applications.<p>I like how low-level and simplified the protocol is, being limited to only 9 types of messages. Compared to Solid which carries baggage from RDF, this seems far easier for third parties to implement.<p>The note-taking app is really under-selling the protocol beneath it. What could help sell it better is by doing something better than a centralized platform can.

yey another note taking app... The digital equivalent of making ashtrays in pottery class.

&quot;Write some text - it&#x27;ll be here when you get back.... I can promise all this because NoteToMe is an Edsu app. It means I don&#x27;t have to store your data, you do ....&quot;<p>The same is true of the text file I&#x27;ve been adding to for decades. After learning the hard way (several times) NEVER to trust someone else&#x27;s prog&#x2F;assume they&#x27;ll be around for more than 6 months. Multiple backups sync&#x27;d religiously.<p>And ... <i>no</i> website needed! Not even a net connection! Just a &#x27;personal computer&#x27;!<p>&quot;You do have to sign up for an Edsu account....&quot;<p>Whoops ... there it is.

Hi, edsu seems very interesting. I&#x27;ve looked through examples and read docs. Question: is it possible to make an app and allow user to set permissions. E.g. lets say I have writing app. I want initially to create writings as `private` and then promote them to `public`.<p>I don&#x27;t see if it&#x27;s possible. I see that scope is fixed for now in the name like that `prv.app.edsu-org.hello-world.storage`. So I assume `token` only works for `prv.app.edsu-org.hello-world.storage` but wouldn&#x27;t work for `pub.app.edsu-org.hello-world.storage` or would it?

I like the concept of decoupling storage from the editor app. I wish more SAAS providers recognized this as an important product feature. It would allow deployment of hosted services in much wider range of scenarios, where privacy and data ownership is a big concern.

It&#x27;s not really clear to me how the data is stored. Is it confined to the Edsu server I use akin to Diaspora and applications connect to it? How do I migrate my data or switch providers? Is it lost if the server or my localStorage goes down?

I actually found that using special directory for notes and git and grep is actually convenient. The only thing I&#x27;m missing is fuzzy search features of grep, like build on word2vec models.

It&#x27;s interesting, a few months ago I asked HN about how websites can let users maintain control of their own data, and I never heard of Edsu. This looks pretty good!

I don&#x27;t get this, is the data stored client-side or server-side?<p>If it&#x27;s client-side, why would I need a service provider: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;edclave.com&#x2F;sign-up&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;edclave.com&#x2F;sign-up&#x2F;</a>

Doesn’t save for me. After signing up and getting edclave address, signing in an granting access, changing the text and reloading doesn’t save. Nor does changing and navigating away and back - always get the “erase me..” text.<p>iOS safari

Have you heard of Scuttlebutt? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scuttlebutt.nz&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scuttlebutt.nz&#x2F;</a> How does EDSU compare?

Oh the irony. I clicked through to edsu.org to learn more about the backend of this note taking app, and the error I got was:<p>“Safari cannot open the connection because the network connection was lost.”

I think edsu could be nice for &quot;serverless&quot; apps, eg static web apps. Should make it work offline. And edsu should keep a copy of the data on the client. Then sync once the client is online.

A frozen banana that won’t make you sick and kill you!

if this used gun.js, you wouldn&#x27;t even need a third party provider.<p>(not affiliated with the gun.js team, just think it&#x27;s a powerful P2P platform).

how goes it compare to Standard notes

doesnt work with private browsing...

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