• reddit_ran@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    What’s your plan for synchronization issues? I mean, lots of guys, it’s going to use primarily a desktop environment and I guess mainly using the phone to have a browser kind of functionalities as primary features. Okay, active test server will get access to synchronize in the future. I saw your information about what’s your plan here? Are you going to use a syncthing or your own version of server?

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      1 year ago

      I am currently working on my own note synchronization server (I need it because I plan to try to integrate CRDT in the future).

      I would also like to mention that currently notes are not encrypted on the client side. However, I also plan to implement this in the future.

      I do not plan to integrate third-party synchronization mechanisms, but I will be working on an API that allows for custom extensions. With this API, developers will be able to create their own note synchronization mechanisms

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        1 year ago

        IMHO the best way would be using git, which is literally made to resolve this kind of conflicts and it’s very battle tested. I’ve always had issues syncing notes until I switched to git.

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          1 year ago

          As far as I know, git can’t be used for real-time synchronization and simultaneous collaborative editing. But I’ll give it some thought

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            1 year ago

            is simultaneous collaborative editing a real need though? I’d say org notes are usually edited by a single person, often from multiple devices, unless you are trying to create a Google Docs competitor, I don’t think that’s a feature that is actually needed.

            git also has the advantage of complete history and easy rollbacks.

            I’ve given up using Orgzly because the syncing is atrocious, it has restored deleted notes multiple times. I’m now using Organice with gitlab backend and it works very well.

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              1 year ago

              I do collaborate on org notes with a partner! I agree with you that true simultaneous editing is unnecessary, but it’d be nice if the app flagged that someone else is currently editing the notes and locked them until the other person is done.

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              1 year ago

              I need to think about it. The server functionality is also needed to share notes, although it may be possible to combine it with git storage as well

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                1 year ago

                For what it’s worth, I collaborate with 1 other person, and for me it’d be sufficient if you simply alerted the user that someone else is currently editing the notes, locking them until the other user is done. What’s a much bigger problem is if someone edits the notes offline tries to sync them later!