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FINAL|FINAL - an 6 days ago

One thing I need to work on are better UI "hints" about possible user actions. For instance, this part of the card could subtly light up on mouse-over.

FINAL|FINAL - an 6 days ago

Thanks. To set a section wordcount goal, ctl-click on the card for that section (in the left sidebar), in the bottom-right corner of the card (where the number is).

FINAL|FINAL - an 1 week ago

I have been on a bug-hunting spree, squashing dozens of major bugs in the last 5 days (thanks to Fable). Full changelog is here: https://github.com/kerim/finalfinal/releases The app should b...

Apps for Retirement 1 week ago

One issue I will face at retirement is that I will lose the many educational discounts I get as a teacher. As a result I will need to cancel a lot of services that I currently use: Notion Pro (free fo...

FINAL|FINAL - an 6/12/2026

Just added support for LaTeX style math formulas in Final|Final. I don't use math in my own writing, so this is in response to user requests. If you do use this feature, please test it out and give fe...

Roam Research -- Recent Experience? 5/25/2026

Logseq, for me, is the ultimate task manager. I love having my notes, contacts, and tasks in the same app. It allows me to have context for my tasks, which raw lists like Reminders or Todoist neve...

FINAL|FINAL - an 5/17/2026

Thanks! The large footprint is largely due to TinyTeX (232 MB). This is actually the smallest possible way I can support PanDoc export to Word and PDF. The other option would be to require users to do...

FINAL|FINAL - an 5/15/2026

Final|Final now supports Markdown tables.

Forum redesign 5/15/2026

This is wonderful!

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/18/2026

@bvasconcelos Sorry, "zotero not running" was a genuine bug. Should be fixed now.

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/18/2026

This inspired me to write a longer post on the topic of porting to other platforms: https://vibing.kerim.one/posts/2026-03-18-porting/

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/17/2026

Thanks! It is open source, so anyone could port it if they like. However, it would not be enough to simply ask Claude to do it. As I document in my development blog, it is testing and debugging that ...

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/17/2026

I'm not familiar with quarto. I'll have to learn more about it. Zotero not running might be a configuration error. Be sure to check the "Getting Started" guide from the Help menu.

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/14/2026

It uses a database underneath.

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/13/2026

@satis Yes, I think we may soon move beyond static "apps" and just have an AI that spins up features on demand @Amontillado Yes, that was an important one for me!

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/13/2026

The title was meant to read "- A free word processor for academics" .... "

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/13/2026

For the past few years I've been writing my essays in Obsidian, using about a dozen plugins to get all the features I want in a word processor. But even though the core Obsidian app is well built, the...

Claude Code is like crack cocaine for CRIMPers 11/15/2025

I spoke to a professional programmer about how to better use Claude Code and they recommended having it always tell you what it is going to do before doing it, and then write itself a report about wha...

Logseq DB FAQ 11/11/2025

I also wanted to share something I wrote with the forum. This is a FAQ answering questions about the still-in-development database version of Logseq. I've been using it as my main PKM for the last six...

Claude Code is like crack cocaine for CRIMPers 11/10/2025

I recently discovered Claude Code (CC), a separate app from Claude AI specifically for software development, though they share many features, and you can use the same plan on both. As the title says, ...

Amplenote 1/17/2025

So you can create events. First you create a bullet and then you use the bullet menu or type ! to select a start time. However, a problem with it not being block based is that if you create an event ...

Amplenote 1/17/2025

Another con is the lack of aliases. The ability to refer to the same note by different names is something I use all the time. I'm not talking about link aliases where you have one name written but the...

Amplenote 1/17/2025

One of the real discoveries of my effort to compare various PKMS was Amplenote, which I hadn't known about before. It is surprising this app doesn't get more attention as it is quite powerful. Pros: ...

PKM Comparison Chart 12/28/2024

I added some new apps to the chart and redid some of the features to be clearer about what I am looking for. What I learned from my effort to compare 12 other PKMs to Logseq: 1. I can't live without...

PKM Comparison Chart 12/21/2024

Thanks. I'll take a look.

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