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Comment by tinktank

Not sure about startup but -- I'm unable to retain minutia in my brain for long (weeks, months, years) periods but the industry I work in requires it. Examples include:

How many queues does X have? How many are write-only queues? How many can be reconfigured to become wider queues? What are the protocols supported by Y? Which version of the protocols are supported?

I would like a tool, - accessible at my fingertips (through a keystroke), regardless of which Window on my Windows (or Linux) desktop has focus - Allows me to search/add/delete for "Facts" which are associated with "Values" - Will show me results in real-time (as I type, auto-suggest etc) - Easily dismissed by ESC once I've looked it up - Able to add/delete on the fly (through a keystroke); will take input as text and as CTRL+V from clipboard. Text, images, paths, etc supported - Scales to 500K+ items - Is able to bring up suggestions fast (<=100ms) - Able to export to common (CSV, XLS, etc) formats

Bonus points for: - Being able to extract this information automatically from PDFs, JPGs etc

If something like this exists, let me know!

parent tinktank 4 years ago

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