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kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
Brajeshwar · a year ago
Is there a desktop version planned? Watched the video. I'd love to have a Desktop version.
kenstler · a year ago
Yes!
kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
smusamashah · a year ago
The video shows actions on external services. Can NoteTech be used to automate phone activities e.g. "Turn phone silent from 10pm to 6am" , "When John is calling, ring at full volume" ?
kenstler · a year ago
Presently our focus is more on enabling automations that integrate with external services, but we do intend to enable some phone actions that make sense in that context.
kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
breck · a year ago
1. Could you make a web version? (I don't own a smartphone).

2. Are you looking for investors?

kenstler · a year ago
1. We can do one for web. 2. Would love to chat about it.
kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
kissgyorgy · a year ago
If you highlight the actions in the text with something like a differnet background color, it would be clear what it will trigger and over time the user would remember these actions. It would also be clearer to see them in predefined notes.
kenstler · a year ago
Love this - thank you!
kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
jwong_ · a year ago
Interesting idea. I liked the AI button, but had difficulty even finding it since you need to click into a line item before you can see it.

Also, I wanted to "test" my work before deploying it, but that seems not possible?

kenstler · a year ago
Thanks for the feedback!

Yes - at present, a note needs to be deployed before you can test. Then you can make a change, and redeploy. We can look at making this a bit more seamless in future iterations.

Re: the AI button - any suggestion on how we might improve there?

kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
skybrian · a year ago
That sounds useful for someone who already signed up, but I’d rather read them before signing up or installing anything. The documentation is how I decide if it’s worth looking further.

(I also don’t play videos or animations, and try to ignore them if they autoplay. They are usually too fast or too slow. A slideshow that you step through is okay.)

Maybe I’m not your target audience, though?

kenstler · a year ago
Ah - I assumed you were talking about the in-app experience. My bad!

Point well taken and we'll definitely add more details/docs on the site.

Thanks!

kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
skybrian · a year ago
Could write some documentation with some examples of common commands?

Otherwise, it seems like “guess the verb” in a text adventure.

[Oops, edited before I saw the reply.]

kenstler · a year ago
Hi! A good general point.

We're doing a few things to try to guide the user:

1. We include ~26 fully-formed "Example" and "Template" notes in the app - these are intended to show users what they can do, but they can also be copied and used as-is or edited.

2. When users write new notes, we use a custom keyboard tool called "AutoPrompt" to show the user what actions they can take in each section. It includes prompts like "Search reddit for...", etc. that is inserted into the text entry and the user completes the statement. (You can see this in the vid on our home page).

3. If users write incorrect or wrong things in the note, they get a response back that instructs them what they need to correct.

Admittedly, as a notes-based interface there's a tradeoff we're trying to balance on flexibility vis-a-vis unstructured text input, and guardrails to inform the user. Appreciate any further feedback you can share!

kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
teachmetolearn · a year ago
Love the UX, AI is unlocking a completely new ux paradigm and kudos to you for pushing it forward!
kenstler · a year ago
Appreciate the feedback!
kenstler commented on Show HN: NoteTech – Create personal automations by writing notes   simpltech.ai... · Posted by u/kenstler
nbbaier · a year ago
This is interesting. I assume you're using an LLM to generate the code that runs these automations? Like "compiling" the prompt to code?
kenstler · a year ago
Yes, but instead of "compiling" directly to generated code, we generate an assembly of code modules.

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