Developer Diary Reviews

1. Guest

   about 1 year ago
   Gave me more clarity in my thoughts

   As an experienced developer, I already use too many productivity/development tools and I was reluctant to try another tool. I was happy with taking notes in my good old paper diary. But the simplicity of Developer Diary attracted me.

   Feature-wise, it did what it promised without any distraction or clutter. I could take notes, reflect back and make better decisions with insights such as maker vs manager mode, deep work intervals, etc. The quick global shortcut (Cmd+Shift+I) to bring the focus on diary is so underrated, it wouldn't have used it so consistently without it. It solved the common problem I had with other productivity tools - I start to use them with great motivation but leave them in between because they feel like a chore after a while. But the shortcut and autostart feature made sure that not only I dump my thoughts in the diary but also reflect back on them regularly without any annoying notifications. That's what made me stick around for the first two week and then it became an effortless habit.

   The overall impact of using the Developer Diary is enlightening. I am less anxiety now, I have more clarity in my thoughts, and I get more time for deep work. Being able to follow my coding plans more consistently with less distractions helped me solve hard coding problems.

   👍 Pros:    Works offline|Simple and clear interface|Shortcuts|Markdown support|Privacy concisous|No learning curve

   👎 Cons:    No mobile app atm|Getting in the habit of using the app for the first two week is hard

Docsify.js Reviews

Developer Diary mentions (6)

• Self hosted journal app (like Sol Journal)?

  Developer Diary has all these features - markdown support, offline, minimalist. Desktop apps available for Linux, macOS, Windows. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Looking for a simple wiki (web, not desktop) that stores backend as markdown files?

  You can use Developer Diary to stores markdown text in flat text files. Can you share more about your use case? Source: almost 2 years ago

• What should you do if you're extremely bad at time management?

  - Plan your day ahead of time, use productivity apps like Developer Diary to analyze how you spend your time on laptop, use apps like Forest App to block other apps when you are working on phone. Source: about 2 years ago

• Are there any innovative productivity apps that try a unique approach (beyond a basic checklist) or use psychology to your advantage?

  You should try Developer Diary . It is a journaling app with mark-down support that gives you productivity analysis after your Deep Work session ends. I love it ! Source: about 2 years ago

• "Ooo I want to do this right now, but first let me just do this"

  Use [Developer Diary](https://flow.invidelabs.com/) to stay productive, it is a mark-down supporting journaling app that also gives you productivity analysis after using **Deep Work Mode**. Source: about 2 years ago

Docsify.js mentions (17)

• Cookbook for SH-Beginners. Any interest? (building one)

  Okay new plan, does anyone know how to do this docsify on github? I obviously am a noob on github and recently on reddit. I'd like to help where I can but my knowlegde seems to be my handycap. I could provide you a trash-mail, if you need one, but I need a PO (product owner) to manage the git... I have no clue about this yet (pages and functions and stuff). Source: 11 months ago

• Cookbook for SH-Beginners. Any interest? (building one)

  Good idea. Instead of bookstack, I recommend something like Docsify The content is all in Markdown and can be managed in a git repo. Easy to deploy the whole website to any simple static HTTP server - or even Github pages. This way you can review contributions and have good version control. Source: 11 months ago

• Ask HN: Any Sugestions for Proceures Documentation?

  The tools to author it aren't that important, frankly. Ask your audience what they're most comfortable using and try to meet them there. If the stakeholders are technical, you have more options. If they aren't, I hope you like Google Docs or Word, because if you give them anything other than that or a PDF, they'll probably complain. At worst, yeah, write it in a long Markdown text file and use tools like pandoc to... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• How to Build a Personal Webpage from Scratch (In 2022)

  Big fan of https://docsify.js.org since theres no need to compile your static site. A small amount of js just renders markdown. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Example of Support Guide for End Users

  If you are searching for examples of an arbitrary Jellyfin support site, visit https://travisflix.com/help/#/support (or help.travisflix.com which redirects to the /help/ URI of the TLD) to take a look at what I have done with docsify on Github Pages. Source: over 1 year ago