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Read manifestos from Anytype [0] and Reticulum [1]. Contribute or implement something using GrapheneOS, Nix/NixOS, Immich, Tailscale/Headscale, Home Assistant, SQLite, BespokeSynth, OpenStreetMap, Organic Maps, Columba, FluffyChat. Maybe run local LLM and integrate it with your workflows/lifeflows? Hardcore is not dead. 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If you\u2019re looking for an example of this UI to compare how others have implemented it take a look at the move function in the mobile app for https://anytype.io I\u2019ve recorded an example of it in use: https://youtube.com/shorts/T3_8HIbHlls", "context": "", "use_case": "example of move UI", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop"}, {"id": 739891504, "item_id": 46243219, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46243219", "by": "vishalvshekkar", "date": "2025-12-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "something I swear by for personal writing & note-taking on Anytype", "excerpt": "Ha! Very cool! I did not know about the community/idea of Digital Gardens! From my quick glance, it seems close to a lot of my thoughts. I like what you have done with Launchbowl! The part about linking multiple posts together is something I swear by for personal writing & note-taking on Anytype. Graph is a very efficient way to process a lot of connected information! Thank you! Yes, Jottings was built for anyone, ev", "context": "", "use_case": "Personal writing and note-taking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Jottings; Anti-social microblog for your thoughts"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 765267680, "item_id": 47829230, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47829230", "by": "hresvelgr", "date": "2026-04-19", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "its data format is somewhat opaque", "excerpt": "Anytype is a well-made product, but its data format is somewhat opaque and like Notion suffers from significant complexity. I switched to Obsidian last year, which while proprietary at least gives me the option to move my data somewhere else if I should need to. 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This is the architectural bet we took, so I'll answer your four problems directly. Premise: treat it as certain that the server will eventually be compromised, subpoenaed, or misconfigured. So the server must hold nothing that can be decrypted or linked to a specific user's content. Users hold their own encryption keys, the server stores ciphertext, and there is no UUID\u2192identity mapping", "context": "", "use_case": "Encrypted notes and sync", "switched_from": "", "story": "Notion leaks email addresses of all editors of any public page"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47824945", "title": "Notion leaks email addresses of all editors of any public page", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48630020", "title": "Pledging Another $400k to the Zig Software Foundation", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164173", "title": "Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088576", "title": "Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816514", "title": "Show HN: Solyto \u2013 a free, open-source all-in-one personal management app", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663", "title": "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"compare": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"warn": 2, "recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 778251728, "item_id": 48640733, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48640733", "by": "dtj1123", "date": "2026-06-22", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "You're in luck regarding anytype:", "excerpt": "You're in luck regarding anytype: https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/32099", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pledging Another $400k to the Zig Software Foundation"}, {"id": 770663088, "item_id": 48166443, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166443", "by": "koziserek", "date": "2026-05-16", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Read manifestos from Anytype", "excerpt": "Try toying with ideas & projects which give back agency to the user. 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A personal management app that does almost everything while being privacy-focused, no-bullshit, open-source and selfhostable. It\u2019s called solyto. I've been frustrated for a while with what's out there. I'm a data hoarder and love to organize things, but I kept jumping from app to app - started with Notion, but was frustrated with", "context": "", "use_case": "personal management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Solyto \u2013 a free, open-source all-in-one personal management app"}, {"id": 751322465, "item_id": 46957654, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957654", "by": "_bobm", "date": "2026-02-10", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "How do you see Zulip comparing to anytype", "excerpt": "How do you see Zulip comparing to anytype, https://anytype.io/ ?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"}, {"id": 741279392, "item_id": 46329962, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46329962", "by": "callumgare", "date": "2025-12-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "take a look at the move function in the mobile app for https://anytype.io", "excerpt": "Very cool! If you\u2019re looking for an example of this UI to compare how others have implemented it take a look at the move function in the mobile app for https://anytype.io I\u2019ve recorded an example of it in use: https://youtube.com/shorts/T3_8HIbHlls", "context": "", "use_case": "example of move UI", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop"}, {"id": 739891504, "item_id": 46243219, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46243219", "by": "vishalvshekkar", "date": "2025-12-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "something I swear by for personal writing & note-taking on Anytype", "excerpt": "Ha! Very cool! I did not know about the community/idea of Digital Gardens! From my quick glance, it seems close to a lot of my thoughts. I like what you have done with Launchbowl! The part about linking multiple posts together is something I swear by for personal writing & note-taking on Anytype. Graph is a very efficient way to process a lot of connected information! Thank you! Yes, Jottings was built for anyone, ev", "context": "", "use_case": "Personal writing and note-taking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Jottings; Anti-social microblog for your thoughts"}, {"id": 736545120, "item_id": 46034070, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46034070", "by": "theknarf", "date": "2025-11-24", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Have you seen https://anytype.io/?", "excerpt": "Have you seen https://anytype.io/?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I built a faster Notion in Rust"}]}