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Show HN: New Ensō – first public beta

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249 points rpastuszak | 2 comments | 30 Jun 25 11:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Ensō is a writing tool that helps you enter a state of flow by separating writing from editing and thus making it harder for you to edit yourself - https://enso.sonnet.io/

After 6 years and 2 million words of daily writing I feel like I've learned enough to make Ensō simpler and more accessible.

Related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38025073

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WD-42 ◴[30 Jun 25 18:14 UTC] No.44426260[source]▶
Looks a lot like https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.gitlab.somas.Apostrophe for anyone on Linux
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pdabbadabba ◴[30 Jun 25 18:45 UTC] No.44426535[source]▶
These seem likely different concepts to me. Apostrophe is a nice looking markdown editor. Ensō is a minimalist writing tool (I hesitate to call it an 'editor') designed to facilitate a certain kind of writing by hiding text that has already been written and preventing the user from editing it. The focus here seems to be getting the writer to just get the words out and then use a (presumably) different tool to format and edit later.
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1. WD-42 ◴[30 Jun 25 19:24 UTC] No.44426918[source]▶
Apostrophe does the same thing, it’s just not really shown on the store page. It provides both distraction free and Hemingway modes. Hemingway mode doesn’t let you use backspace!
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2. pdabbadabba ◴[30 Jun 25 19:42 UTC] No.44427073[source]▶
That's great to know! I'll have to give it a try.