[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Just pushed a small update based on real usage feedback.

Fixed a couple of issues (attachments cleanup + clipboard counts) and improved the Apple Shortcut for multiple items.

Still keeping things simple and focused on fast capture.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Good question 🙂

For me it’s mostly the small, in-the-moment things:

  • a link I want to check later
  • a quick thought or idea
  • a snippet of text or code
  • something I see on my phone that I don’t want to lose
  • sometimes even just a reminder or “I should look into this”

Not really structured notes — more like “things that appear during the day” that I don’t want to think about organizing right away.

That’s also why tools like Joplin or OneNote never quite fit for me in that specific moment — they work great once you sit down to write something, but not as much as a quick, frictionless entry point.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

That’s actually a really solid setup.

What always got me personally is exactly that — over time I’d end up with multiple “entry points” depending on context (screenshot, chat, browser, notes…).

Each one works, but I’d still need to mentally switch between them depending on what I’m capturing.

I kept wishing for something where the entry point is always the same, no matter the context.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah Syncthing solves the “where does the data live” part really well.

What I kept struggling with is the step before that — actually capturing something in the moment, from whatever context you're in.

Even with sync in place, I always felt like I still had to decide where to put things and which tool to use.

That’s where it starts to break down for me.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah I get what you mean 🙂

Shortcuts work (that’s what I’m using on iOS right now), but they can feel a bit “indirect” compared to something more native like share sheets or drag & drop.

Curious to hear how it feels once you try it — especially what feels frictionless vs what doesn’t.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah I tried going the “second brain” route too (Trilium, Obsidian, etc.)

What I kept running into is that they’re great once something is already in the system — but capturing still feels like a separate step where you have to think about where it belongs.

I started wondering if capturing should be completely independent from organization, and almost “context-free”.

More like a thin layer you can hit instantly from anywhere, without deciding anything upfront.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah I used that too for a while — it works surprisingly well, but I always felt it’s more of a workaround than something designed for capturing.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah — that’s exactly the feeling I kept running into.

At some point I stopped trying to adapt existing tools and ended up building something around this idea of “uniform capture”.

It’s basically a very minimal layer where you can send anything (text, links, quick notes, etc.) from any device in one step — without worrying about where it goes or how it’s structured.

Still early, but it’s been working surprisingly well for me in daily use.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Good question — I don’t mean organizing or saving things long-term.

I mean that moment when you see or think something and don’t want to lose it.

Like:

  • a link you want to check later
  • a sentence you read
  • a quick thought
  • something you copied
  • a small piece of info you might need

The problem for me is that if capturing that takes more than a second, I often just don’t do it — or I postpone it and forget.

So “capture” is really just that instant: taking something from wherever you are and storing it somewhere with zero friction.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah that makes sense — I ended up with similar setups at some point.

What always bothered me a bit is exactly that fragmentation: different tools depending on what you're capturing and from where.

It works, but it feels like you're constantly switching “mode” depending on context.

I keep wondering if capturing should really depend on the destination at all, or if it should be something more uniform.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Pretty much everything 😄

  • links from browser
  • selected text
  • quick notes / thoughts
  • sometimes even just a sentence I don’t want to lose

The problem (for me) wasn’t what to capture, but how fast and from where.

I tried things like Linkwarden too — great tool, but still feels tied to specific entry points (browser extension, app, etc.).

What I kept missing was something more “universal”, where capturing is always one step away regardless of device or context.

[-] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah that’s actually what I tried at some point too 😄

But I always felt it’s still a workaround — you’re adapting a tool that wasn’t really built for capturing.

The friction is lower, but it’s still there.

I keep thinking there should be something more “native” to this use case, something that sits between devices and apps rather than inside one of them.

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submitted 5 months ago by oldany@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I’ve been struggling with something that sounds simple but is surprisingly annoying:

capturing content quickly across devices in a self-hosted environment.

On Android there’s share, on iOS shortcuts, on desktop copy/paste… but everything feels fragmented.

I often end up losing things or postponing them just because capturing isn’t frictionless.

Curious how others handle this.

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