rahilb
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I'm a Scala software consultant in London.
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Comment · 5 months ago
Lots of Markdown enthusiasts in the thread... if you want to sync your markdown tasks to Reminders.app please pay me some money for the privilege: https://turquoisehexagon.co.uk/remindersync
or just vibe your own solution :)
Comment · 5 months ago
Seems like a nice place to plug my Mac app that syncs your obsidian tasks to Reminders.app: https://turquoisehexagon.co.uk/remindersync (for me the only thing obsidian is missing on a fresh install).
It’s sandboxed; can’t make network connections and can only read the directory you select. I’m surprised Apple haven’t added OS level functionality to block network connections / folder access for non sandboxed apps, similar to running an un-notarised binary.
Comment · 5 months ago
Building a small voice journaling app, hoping to ship in the next few days
https://turquoisehexagon.co.uk/anima
TestFlight link, good for 10 users: https://testflight.apple.com/join/9VREtXzq
Comment · 9 months ago
Interesting insight, thanks.
Comment · 9 months ago
Question for the indie developers here; do you get more paying users from Apple devices?
I’ve never even considered publishing apps for other platforms as my gut tells me juice wouldn’t be worth the squeeze. Or to put it another way, I would prefer customers who already proved they have deep(er) pockets and are price insensitive.
Comment · 9 months ago
> the cost of shipping code now approaches zero
Does anyone actually believe this is the case? I use LLMs to ‘write’ code every day, but it’s not the case for me; my job is just as difficult and other duties expand to fill the space left by Claude. Am I just bad at using the tools? Or stupid? Probably both but c’est la vie.
Comment · 1 year ago
A little Mac app that syncs markdown tasks to Apple Reminders.
Initially I released it for obsidian: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39764919 but realised it works with just markdown so I rebranded the app, added some new features and increased prices.
Comment · 1 year ago
I just released version 1.4.0 of my app ReminderSync for Obsidian!
https://turquoisehexagon.co.uk/remindersync/
The latest version supports dataview tasks format and multiple reminder lists with Routing Rules.
I think the product is pretty much feature complete now so I’ll probably start doing some marketing and move onto coding something new. Sales until now have all been organic.
Comment · 1 year ago
I just about qualify! My first side project that actually delivered anything: Reminder Sync for Obsidian! https://turquoisehexagon.co.uk/remindersync/
I built it for myself after I began using Obsidian for day to day note making. A simple idea: get reminders for tasks you create in Obsidian. People seem to like it.
previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39764919
Comment · 2 years ago
I’m chipping away at bugs and adding features to my app Reminder Sync for Obsidian! https://turquoisehexagon.co.uk/remindersync/
Currently working on supporting dataview tasks format and multiple reminder lists.
The app supports any markdown backed notes app, but I fear I may have limited its appeal by including Obsidian in the app name.
Edit: previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39764919
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm searching for a Freelancer for small fixed price (to be agreed) work.
You should have experience in swift and swiftui, and preferably have worked on MacOS applications.
contact: {username}@turquoisehexagon.co.uk
Comment · 2 years ago
I would probably try and use buildroot, because it seems cool.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yes; if you add a reminder to the synced list with Siri (on iPhone for example)
- if the app is running on your MacBook the reminder is added as a task to your vault as soon as iCloud syncs it to your Mac calendar
- if the app is not running, next time it runs the Task will be added to your vault