35 points snackernews | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 20:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.25s | source

All of the coverage and opinions I’ve read have focused on the longer term impact to the WordPress ecosystem itself.

I’m an enthusiastic longtime paying user of Pocket Casts and Day One.

Now that employees are leaving in droves (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41872046) I fear for both.

Pocket Casts is the only podcast app that has ever clicked for me.

I’ve invested significant time and personal writing and media into Day One journals. Privacy concerns aside, it’s an app and platform I enjoy using.

How many of the employees fleeing Automattic couldn’t care less about WordPress but are the product and technical expertise behind these other products?

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jasonriddle ◴[18 Oct 24 19:55 UTC] No.41882896[source]▶

>>41873445 (OP) #

I've been looking to migrate away from https://simplenote.com to something else and I've been dragging my feet. However, what's happened in the past 2 weeks with the CEO was the push I needed to resume looking for another solution.

I've landed on Obsidian.md. I actually prefer Simplenote over Obisidian, because Simplenote feels smoother and the online web app is great, but I've decided that having more control over my own data is more important so Obsidian it is.

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1. dtkav ◴[18 Oct 24 20:01 UTC] No.41882949[source]▶

>>41882896 #

If you start missing collaboration in Obsidian, check out the Relay plugin. A lot of folks are compelled by the offline-first capabilities of Obsidian but then find that they eventually want a shared folder to collaborate with a colleague, friend, or partner.

(disclaimer: I'm the author)

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