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Today @reflectnotes open sourced their product to make it more agent friendly.
Reflect is hands down better than Obsidian from a UX perspective.
The only thing stopping it from rocket ship growth was a limitation around encrypting notes which made it hard to use with Claude or Codex.
Highly recommend checking them out for your agent brain.
I'm not quite sure where their business model goes from here, but Obsidian has been able to make it work, so I think Reflect can too.
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Here's three state-of-the-art features of @reflectnotes that you might not know about.
1. Semantic search. Search for 'bulb' and we'll return notes containing lamp.
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I have to say @reflectnotes by @maccaw is the best simple daily notes/tasks experience I ever used
Everything else feels like way too much
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Note-taking is deceptively cutting edge. To build @reflectnotes, we've had to figure out our own end-to-end encryption, real-time sync, WYSIWYG editor, conflict resolution, offline, real-time audio transcription, client-side embedding and search, and a whole ton more.
If you find playing around with the cutting edge of what is possible on the web today exciting, and you are an experienced full-stack engineer, then consider applying (DM me your GitHub).
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A little tip for you Reflect users out there:
Reflect's AI is remarkably good at making a year in review. Just search for all your daily notes in the last year, then chat with them. Ask for a synopsis of the themes.
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okay so trying out a new note taking app (moving away from pen and paper bc it was getting too much)
so far really liking @reflectnotes
why?
-its a perfect mix of apple notes/reminders in one app
-it also lets you do voice notes
-there is a place to write random notes too
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Fun chat with @awilkinson about digital productivity & tools. 🤓
@reflectnotes by @maccaw
@ReadwiseReader by @homsiT & @deadly_onion
@eightsleep by @m_franceschetti
@GetLomi by @mbertulli
@TextsHQ by @KishanBagaria
@reclaimai by @nah_serious
@meshhq & @FathomDotVideo
For years, I've struggled to journal. Most people I know do.
It's hard to just sit there with a blinking cursor and barf out your thoughts accurately every day.
But my friend Charlie Grinnell (@CharlieGrinnell) has cracked the code. He's built an amazing workflow that allows him to build a huge database of his thoughts and feelings using Reflect + OpenAI, and even crafted his own AI therapist that he uses to work through problems at work and in his personal life.
We break down how he built this, and many other nerdy things, in this week's podcast.
This one is for the nerds. If you're into workflows, this is your jam.
Here's some key insights:
• AI's biggest impact may be personal productivity, not job displacement
• Charlie's innovative journaling system using voice memos and randomized prompts
• How to build a "second brain" by connecting notes, highlights, and AI
• Using AI to chat with your past self and apply lessons from books you've read
• The power of specific prompts to get better results from AI tools
Charlie's approach shows how intentional systems can unlock creativity and learning.
The future of productivity looks bright - imagine an AI assistant that can:
• Manage your digital life seamlessly
• Synthesize information across all your tools
• Help you take action on ideas and insights
Topics
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Getting to Know Charlie
03:17 - Charlie’s Typical Day
05:15 - Charlie’s Journaling Routine
11:56 - Charlie’s Library of Journaling Questions
13:48 - Facilitating Deep Work
15:39 - Dealing With Low Priority Tasks
20:09 - Avoiding Distraction While in Deep Work
21:19 - Time spent in Deep Work
21:47 - Charlie’s Favorite Type of Deep Work
23:19 - Meeting Recordings, Transcripts, & CRMs
26:48 - Charlie’s System for Reading
31:35 - Keeping Track of Interesting Podcast Tidbits
34:22 - Dealing With AI’s Recency Bias
35:57 - How Charlie Keeps Consistent With His System
38:11 - What Drives Charlie to Create Systems
42:18 - Broken Parts of Charlie’s System
44:00 - What Charlie’s Looking Forward to With AI
45:55 - Other Interesting Ways Charlie Uses AI
49:30 - Products Charlie Really Loves
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Have to admit that @reflectnotes sets a very high bar for what a note taking app can be.
It lacks only few things, mainly ability to instantly jump to a page from keybinds, otherwise it's pretty perfect.
binding it to `:+space` is super nice too
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You know that feeling when an app just clicks - like you're about to unlock a whole new way of working?
I had that with @NotionHQ, @reflectnotes, @arcinternet, and even @alfredapp and then @raycastapp.
Which apps give you that feeling?
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Most useful ways I’m using AI:
A custom GPT trained on my writing style in @ChatGPTapp. Paste email in, it provides a bullet point summary, asks me Q’s to respond, then drafts a response in my style.
@getlindy to send me meeting briefings based on email history and LinkedIn.
@Replit to build software using prompts.
Google NotebookLM to summarize books or collections of books and create audio podcast summaries.
A custom GPT trained on all of @PeterAttiaMD’s books and articles to ask medical questions.
A custom GPT trained on all the legal docs + leases for real estate I own so I can query it.
@reflectnotes synced with my journal + all my Kindle highlights from @readwise so I can ask it questions like “what’s been on my mind lately?” or “List 20 short quotes about leadership from books I’ve read”.
How about you?
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🧵 1/5: Guides like those from @mph_guy_ are a goldmine. While he uses Google Docs, I prefer bringing insights into @reflectnotes for added synthesis, better searchability & easy sharing. Refining the process matters.
After: reflect.site/g/bmeunier/scra…
Before bit.ly/kroener-scraping-guid…
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We are hiring a software engineer at @reflectnotes.
If you are:
- Highly self-motivated and happy to work remote
- An expert in TypeScript, Web Apps, web perf
- A contributor to an open-source project
- WASM experience a plus
Please reach out via DM.
A heads up that this is a very technically difficult role. We work with some cutting edge technologies and are always pushing the boundaries (e.g. running LLMs on the client). You're expected to work up and down the whole stack. But it's rewarding working on a product loved by many, and the job offers insane flexibility and working hours (only one meeting a week).
RT @srikat: I have been using the @reflectnotes notes app for six days now and love it.
Elegant, Stable, Fast, Minimalistic.
- automatic…
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Software speed is so critical. I've struggled using note-taking apps forever because they always have this slight latency from Thought ➡️ Note.
@reflectnotes fixes this problem almost entirely (and I think @QwikDev is partly to thank). Incredible user experience.
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So impressed by @reflectnotes they’ve made something complex feel effortless. Content team also doing a killer job with YouTube tutorials. 👏
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Depends on the market fit. I can’t work without @reflectnotes anymore for example!
What I liked is that they offer a 14-day free trial and even ask if you need more time before it ends.
For me, 20 days is perfect to build a habit and decide if I really need the app or not.
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Tools I couldn't live without:
• @Superhuman
• @superwhisper
• @reflectnotes
• @ChatGPTapp / @perplexity_ai
• Fantastical (@flexbits)
• @OmniFocus
• @Lightroom
• @KuberaApp
What about you? What's your iOS/Mac/Web stack?