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Show HN: Jot, a menu bar app that catches a thought before it's gone

https://jot.arunbrahma.com

masterbrewer · 11 hours ago

3 comments

  • Aejkatappaja · 9 hours ago

    Nice, but genuinely curious vs a Raycast snippet: is local JSON + full-text search over history the real selling point? Because for quick capture Raycast already nails that.

    • masterbrewer · 6 hours ago

      Jot's only wedge is being a standalone $4.99 one-time tool that logs every capture as timestamped JSON you own, with no launcher or subscription in the loop.

      • rahulb0802 · 4 hours ago

        This is cool! One question: is the format documented anywhere, or a stable enough schema that someone could write, for example, a script that pulls last week's jots into a review? Having an implied contract that the format won't change as opposed to a JSON that just happens to be inspectable today would be more compelling I feel.

        • masterbrewer · 4 hours ago

          Fair distinction, and today it's the latter: a plain JSON array of {id, text, createdAt} that's inspectable but not yet a promised contract.