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48 points dduplex | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source

Hello HN,

I made this simple notepad for writing down whatever comes to mind. The goal is to force you to not get hung up on what you’ve already written. There’s no formatting, you can’t edit what you’ve typed, you can’t select text or move your caret around. There’s no backspace, delete, undo/redo, or paste. You can’t even see any words except the one you’re currently typing, and when you’re done with it, it fades away.

The text is all still there, just invisible. You can save everything you’ve written as a .txt if you want, or just empty your thoughts and let them disappear forever.

The idea was to encourage myself to do more stream-of-consciousness writing. I tend to edit while I write. This forces me to just keep moving forward, and I’ve found it very helpful so far. I was going to build this into my other writing tool, Drift, but I didn’t think it fit with the idea of the project, so I just made it its own thing. I’m calling it Vapor for now.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

1. beardyw ◴[] No.45125763[source]
Well ... On my Android phone it just types backward in capitals! Like

EB OT TON RO EB OT

And I had to type that in here because it won't select for copy. Not what I was hoping for!

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2. dduplex ◴[] No.45127657[source]
Aw, sorry to hear that. I remember encountering that bug a while back and was happy when I figured out a way to squash it. Admittedly I tested this app in browsers on Linux, Mac, and on an iPhone, but not Android. So I'll get a hold of an Android device and figure out a way to re-squash the backwards bug. Thanks for the heads up.
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3. jasonjmcghee ◴[] No.45150091[source]
There are classes of bugs that reproduce on Android simulator- might be worth downloading Android studio and checking.