Yes. All the more reason not to encumber it with large dependencies, proprietary code, or fragile, transient technologies.
I switched to using git as a repository of structured notes. The schema is simple. I can pull notes to various machines, I can archive the repository, I can track changes.
"Everything should be as simple as possible and no simpler." -- attributed to a rather good physicist.
The process requires typing a note using the keyboard and then pushing the new/revised text to git. Git works on every computer and CPU architecture that I have used... and I have used a wider variety than most.
If one's parents are the acceptance testers for usability... I think I might recommend that they use something that they understand fully. That might be git, but it might also be a Moleskin notebook and an ink or graphite writing instrument. ^_^
Ok I agree, different types of people have different kinds of systems that are the most simple for them. But in that case, is it also possible that for some people the most simple system has a lot of large dependencies? (Maybe people who are young, used to writing by typing on a smartphone, not used to pen and paper, and never used git or a command line)
Yes. All the more reason not to encumber it with large dependencies, proprietary code, or fragile, transient technologies.
I switched to using git as a repository of structured notes. The schema is simple. I can pull notes to various machines, I can archive the repository, I can track changes.
"Everything should be as simple as possible and no simpler." -- attributed to a rather good physicist.