[HN Gopher] Show HN: Open-Source Memex - Alternative Approach to...
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       Show HN: Open-Source Memex - Alternative Approach to Roam/Obsidian
        
       Author : steve1820
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2020-09-23 21:44 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | steve1820 wrote:
       | This blog is a summary of a fun 1 month adventure I had with
       | Knowledge Management Systems and building a POC that I thought
       | had potential. It was inspired by so many of the products I see
       | on Hacker News.
       | 
       | I've open sourced all the code + written down some notes on my
       | insights/ architecture. Just a warning, the code leaves much to
       | be desired as this was a mini project over 2-3 weekends.
       | 
       | At the moment, I have 3 key layers of the application.
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       | The first is Chrome Extension which allows data collection. It
       | tracks all sorts of data such as attention, time on page, scroll/
       | click and hover behaviour. It then sends this data to the
       | Electron app.
       | 
       | The Electron app receives this data through an API and saves it
       | down locally using PouchDB (data structure is compatible with
       | Apache CouchBD and thus allows easy cloud storage).
       | 
       | Within the Electron app, I use an Express/ NodeJS web server to
       | expose endpoints for functionality with the front end/ receiving
       | data from Chrome Extension.
       | 
       | For the front end I use ReactJS.
       | 
       | If you're interested, please read the full article! There are
       | lots of videos of the application in action.
        
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