I would say this would be the proper way to do it (at least as a sysadmin), but since it's OP's first time I would simplify it to:
Let CloudFlare handle the certificates, DDoS protection, etc... Link if you'd like to give this setup a try.
Personally, I've been sharing this folder across different installations for years, even between different operating systems. I've never had any major issues so far.
The only minor annoyance is that whenever I switch between Windows and Linux I have to restart the browser once, otherwise extensions do not load on the first run.
So yeah, I would say diy-syncing this profile folder is feasible and very reliable. Same thing is true for Thunderbird, but I've been doing it for less time. And I would assume the same thing is also true for Chromium-based browsers because I do it with Signal which is Electron-based.
Most likely Dark Reader.
There is a keyboard shortcut. It's CTRL+ALT+Z for me. Unless you mean something else?
As for the "reveal on hover", iirc there was a dismissable message that said it is coming soon.
If I can share my opinion, they are more than big enough if you toggle the checkbox "optimize for touch screen". I would have to try Arc or Zen again to understand what you mean.
The only complaint I have is that I need to hover (or expand) to see the title. It becomes annoying when I'm reading documentation and I end up with multiple tabs with the same icon.
EDIT: I can't seem to find the "optimize for touch screen" checkbox anymore, but I'm sure there is something like that somewhere because I enabled it on one of my devices which has a touch screen.
EDIT 2: the "optimize for touch screen" option can be seen by right clicking the toolbar and choosing "Customize toolbar". Changing the density to "Touch" (on the bottom) makes these icons bigger.
I've started using vertical tabs in Firefox as soon as I got the notification. I never thought I would have liked them so much.
Why are you asking for decent vertical tabs? Are they inferior to some other browser you have in mind?
I have to admit that I didn't really think about reminders. That would perhaps make more sense for Simple Calendar, perhaps in the future I might consider linking notes and reminders. Or maybe it would make sense to implement it directly in Simple Notes? I don't know, I'll keep that in mind for later, thanks!
the number of clicks/menus/presses it takes to create a note
I strongly agree on that. It must be at most as many clicks as on Google Keep, i.e. two clicks (plus a few to open the app).
import existing Keep notes from a Google Takeout into your Simple Notes
I didn't think about that. That shouldn't be too hard. After the MVP (minimum viable product) will be ready, imports from various common formats should be implemented, and I guess Google Takeout for Google Keep should be supported too.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Okay, I get it now :P
DXVK was born from a Nier Automata player Linux enthusiast? That's cool! I never checked, I assumed it was build by some big company like Valve or something. Kudos to Philip Rebohle!
use case is a shopping list for my SO and I. I want to be able to add stuff throughout the day, and cross them off once I grab them from the shelf, and separately be able to clear completed tasks
Sorry for the late reply. Oh yes, that's what I like about Google Keep, the collaborative aspect. What do you mean by "separately be able to clear completed tasks"? Do you mean being able to do it from multiple devices which are synchronized in real-time?
[Simple Chat] Why not just use one of the other Matrix clients?
Yes, you have a point... let's keep Simple Chat for later then. I had this idea of making an app for each of my needs and let them all connect to a single server with a single unified user. Good quality Matrix clients already exists, I guess there is no need to build a custom client for the chat if I end up adopting Matrix as the protocol.
[Simple Docs] This seems overly ambitious.
Let's say that's a longer term goal for the future. I might be underestimating the complexity of Google Docs, but if you think about it I would say it's not much more than a rich-text editor. Basically it's the same things as text notes, just with a bit more formatting options. I couldn't say the same thing about Google Sheets and Google Present.
No. Matrix is designed for chat, not data, and self-hosting it requires a fair amount of resources.
Why do you think so? I have tried it and it seems to be as simple as any other server thanks to Docker. I have a script to launch it here (mirror). It seems to use 160MB of memory and about 1% of my CPU when idle. I haven't done any serious tests though, maybe it wouldn't scale as well as I think.
I’d personally just DIY it since it’s really not a ton of logic
Well... there must always be a protocol behind it, it can be as simple/specific or as complex/generic as you want, but there must always be an agreement of the format of data exchanged between client and server.
By adopting the Matrix protocol, there wouldn't be any need to write a custom server, because Matrix servers already exist.
Matrix is designed for chat, not data
What's the difference between chat and data? A chat is a list of messages. A collaboratively-editable document is a list of changes. As far as I understand, Matrix uses "events" to describe things happening. When a user sends a message, the server emits and event like "add user X's message Y to your list of received messages". It shouldn't be too different than emitting an event "replace text at position X with Y" every time a document changes. They even have ephemeral events for temporary state, such as "the user X is currently typing". That should be similar to "the user X placed their cursor at position Y".
Do you think I might be oversimplifying or thinking it wrong?
Thank you both for the recommendations!
Regarding multi platform targeting, have you considered something like React Native or Flutter
I have! I use Flutter in a professional setting and I do not hate it, but I am madly in love with React (not Native) for my personal projects. I tried React Native in the past and I found it a bit finicky, but it was just a "brief encounter", so I might change my mind about it in the future. For now I would go with Electron to save time, but I do not exclude the idea to build a desktop + mobile interface in Flutter in the future. React (not Native) can also run on any platform, that should be more than enough for the MVP.
I absolutely do not want to go with Flutter for the web though, as I feel like it's the exact opposite of what I would dream the web to be. I feel like Google built Flutter to give Android developers a tool to make apps with the excuse "oh yeah, it works on browsers too" and call it a day. Flutter basically bypasses most of the things that browsers do and in my personal opinion it re-implements everything more poorly than how a traditional web app would. Come on, they even built their own layout engine and even a rendering engine, was that really necessary? Browser extensions don't integrate well with Flutter apps, and the debugging experience is subpar. I really like Flutter for Android and desktop apps, and I might even say it's easier/simpler than Android Studio (Kotlin), but personally I feel like it's just a big dirty hack in the web context.
Okay, I just realized that my reply sounds a lot like a rant. My apologies. Please consider this as my current view on these tools, it might change in the future. It's not a criticism.
the company behind it shuts down or gets sold
That's an important concern. Well, the source code is AGPL 3.0, so there is no risk of it disappearing. Also, this would be my hobby project and I absolutely do not expect it to ever become anything commercial. I do not even plan to accept donations or anything like that. Basically it's something that I need, and since it doesn't exist I am considering building it myself.
There is a big probability that I might stop working on it either because I find it "good enough" for my needs or because I won't be able to work on it anymore, but I would say I'll try to keep it as simple as possible, so it should be relatively easy to maintain. Also, relying on Element (Matrix) maintain the server code would mean I just need to maintain the client, which should cut the work down by 50%. I strongly hope Matrix will never shut down or get sold.
In any case, okay! Let there be the possibility to export data in a common format! (Preferably Markdown)
I feel all my data is siloed across several apps
Matrix supports a way to integrate with third-party data sources, but I haven't read too much into it as it was not in my goals. Perhaps a Synapse (Matrix) plug-in might allow to integrate notes with third-party sources without having to make any changes to the client code. I might investigate this possibility in a later stage.
Ah, that's a good suggestion, but definitely out of my scope. Since I want to make a web UI first, users could look for a word prediction plugin for their browser if that's something they are interested in. Still, thanks for the suggestion!
Yeah, I'm afraid you have to use a reverse proxy to host multiple subdomains. The CloudFlare daemon is the reverse proxy.