A solo developer
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Hey, what's up? This is Takuya. I'm building a Markdown note-taking app called Inkdrop. As of v5.11.0, it supports two-factor authentication with a time-based one-time password. Thank you so much for the feedback during the beta testing! Inkdrop v5.11.0 - Two-factor authentication
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In the previous post, I integrated my note-taking app Inkdrop with Claude's MCP: Integrating my note app with Claude’s MCPHi, it’s Takuya here. I’ve been fiddling with Claude, which provides an interesting protocol for third-party AI integrations called MCP (Model Context Protocol). Some of my
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Hi, it's Takuya here. I've been fiddling with Claude, which provides an interesting protocol for third-party AI integrations called MCP (Model Context Protocol). Some of my note app (called Inkdrop) users requested that they want to let Claude use their tech notes as knowledge via MCP.
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I love Motion. It makes animating UIs in web apps incredibly easy. I've been using it in my app to animate components like the tags input bar, the notebook list, dialogs, and more. One of the components I wanted to animate was the note list. This was challenging
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I've released a new browser extension for Inkdrop last week. Web clipper v0.2.2 - Import Kindle highlights!I’ve been working on rebuilding Inkdrop’s browser extension for clipping web pages. And I’m thrilled to announce that it now supports importing your Kindle highlights! This
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Hi, it's Takuya, the solo developer of Inkdrop, a note-taking app designed for software developers. Recently, I enabled a web clipper feature on the mobile app for both iOS and Android. I'd like to share how I implemented the logic to receive a shared URL in
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Hi, it's Takuya. I've been taking a year-end and New Year break until January 20th and have been reflecting on my personal goals for 2025. I'd like to share my thoughts in this post. Have you ever run a profitable web service for more
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I’m no exception as a Japanese person who loves Kyoto, despite its recent overtourism issues. When considering creating a wallpaper pack in Kyoto, I contemplated what aspects of the city resonate with me most. There are already tons of amazing photos showcasing iconic views, such as Sannen-zaka or Zen
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I wanted to try one of the new features introduced in React Native 0.76, which is box-shadow. Evan Bacon told me that it even supports multiple box shadows on Android – pretty exciting! you can use multiple box shadows on android now — Evan Bacon 🥓 (@Baconbrix) November 15, 2024 So, in
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Hi folks, it's Takuya here, the solo developer of Inkdrop. It's already been 4 years (!) since I last published a roadmap for Inkdrop here in 2020. Some items from that roadmap are still in progress—I haven’t given up on them—but I felt it’
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Inkdrop's current conversion rate after signups looks like this: It doesn't look so bad, but the number of signups is low around 200-300, while the website is getting 5k unique visitors per month. So, the Visitor-to-Signup rate would be 4-6%. It sounds like average but it&
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Hey, what's up? This is Takuya. Most people know me as a content creator on YouTube, called DevAsLife, but I consider myself as an indie developer who has been running a profitable SaaS for a long time. I've been sharing my journey of building Inkdrop, a