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A note-taking app backend using Rust (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by to c/rust@programming.dev
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Hi everyone I was thinking of creating a backend module that has functione for a note taking app (search, sort, etc). So anyone can implement a ui on top of it.

I have some basic understanding of rust (made a just-working chip-8 emulator). But I've never used SQL or other database.

Is this plausible? Is there a similar project that I can use as reference? What are the mistakes I should avoid?

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago

Plausible? Absolutely. The questions are what and why?

For notes, it seems like most people have settled on one of three things: org-mode, markdown, or free form plain text. There are some closed source tools that use a proprietary format, but fuck them.

So then the question becomes what does the backend do? Provide a way to query notes for links, topics, and todos? Keep a versioning system? Synchonization? Something else? Answer those questions and you have a project.

For references, take a look at nb, Joplin, Logseq, org-mode, anytype.

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