Hey folks! I’m completely new to Lemmy and still figuring out how everything works around here... But I’d love to share a project I’ve been building.
It's called VOID (Versatile Open-source Infrastructure for Developers) - an open-source, local-first second-brain (note taking app but more powerful) application that combines the flexibility of Obsidian with the powerful organization of Notion.
Unlike many other tools, VOID is not just another note-taking app. It’s built with the idea of being a true second brain that you fully control. No vendor lock-in, no hidden cloud, no feature walls. Everything is open-source, customizable, and designed to adapt to your workflow instead of forcing you into someone else’s.
I'm currently building it with Rust, Tauri v2 and Vue.js. For certain plugins and configs, it also supports SurrealDB as a database.
check it out on my GitHub
I'm not "flaming" you. I think I'm being polite and expressing an opinion. I mean no disrespect to you.
Currently, we live under capitalism. Whoever's running the server you use needs to pay for server costs. It's the nice thing to do to contribute to those costs if you benefit from the person running the server. Your personal beliefs are not going to exempt you from the reality of how society currently works.
You're welcome to request whatever features you want, but at the end of the day I feel like paying someone else to host a service of your choice is the easiest route for you and not unfair to you. Unless you're up for sysadmining yourself in which case you can save money and only pay VPS costs.
Sorry, I should have added a /s tag. It was just kind of ironic and made me laugh.
I get what you're saying, and don't even disagree. But, if OP is asking, I'm making suggestions. I've never paid for Dropbox or Google storage because they look at what's in there. I'm the product, but also API access is a limiting factor inherent in the storage that they look at anyway.
I'm simply suggesting that OP make something to leverage those things already free from data leaching scum to give us all something secure and still free, rather than spend time and effort to make an app that's just one more of the same thing. They should spend their capitol, which is time and effort, investing in something that stands out as a differentiated product.