we launched capacities.io - your second brain. It's a new note-taking app that solves your problem of organizing all the information you consume every day and turns it to a valuable and growing asset.
In short:
- Capture ideas when you have them: Just send a message to capacities from your favorite messenger and it will be saved to your second brain.
- Organized by type: Don't create faceless pages but define meetings, ideas, questions, or books. Adapt your note-taking to your context and your thinking.
- Say goodbye to folders: An intuitive approach to networked thinking. Don't think about the folder your note should die in before you even start writing. Just start and connect it to all related ideas over time. You will create a highly connected second brain that stays valuable even if you add thousands of notes.
Feel free to try it out, it\u2019s free. Just sign up at capacities.io
And of course we\u2019d love to get your feedback, just reach out at team@capacities.io."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"Launching a new approach to note-taking / knowledge organization: capacities.io"}},"_tags":["story","author_steffenbleher","story_31592670","ask_hn"],"author":"steffenbleher","children":[31593175,31593317,31593334,31594158],"created_at":"2022-06-02T08:26:54Z","created_at_i":1654158414,"num_comments":7,"objectID":"31592670","points":17,"story_id":31592670,"story_text":"Hi there,
we launched capacities.io - your second brain. It's a new note-taking app that solves your problem of organizing all the information you consume every day and turns it to a valuable and growing asset.
In short:
- Capture ideas when you have them: Just send a message to capacities from your favorite messenger and it will be saved to your second brain.
- Organized by type: Don't create faceless pages but define meetings, ideas, questions, or books. Adapt your note-taking to your context and your thinking.
- Say goodbye to folders: An intuitive approach to networked thinking. Don't think about the folder your note should die in before you even start writing. Just start and connect it to all related ideas over time. You will create a highly connected second brain that stays valuable even if you add thousands of notes.
Feel free to try it out, it\u2019s free. Just sign up at capacities.io
And of course we\u2019d love to get your feedback, just reach out at team@capacities.io.","title":"Launching a new approach to note-taking / knowledge organization: capacities.io","updated_at":"2024-09-20T11:19:35Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"AnthonyR"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"Super impressive for a solo project! How does this compare to capacities.io ?"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: Tolaria \u2013 Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria"}},"_tags":["comment","author_AnthonyR","story_47882697"],"author":"AnthonyR","comment_text":"Super impressive for a solo project! How does this compare to capacities.io ?","created_at":"2026-04-24T07:22:58Z","created_at_i":1777015378,"objectID":"47886775","parent_id":47882697,"story_id":47882697,"story_title":"Show HN: Tolaria \u2013 Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases","story_url":"https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria","updated_at":"2026-04-24T07:28:28Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"asystole"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"https://capacities.io/tutorials/outliner-mode"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Johnny.Decimal \u2013 A system to organise your life"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://johnnydecimal.com"}},"_tags":["comment","author_asystole","story_43128093"],"author":"asystole","children":[43129950],"comment_text":"https://capacities.io/tutorials/outliner-mode","created_at":"2025-02-21T16:34:14Z","created_at_i":1740155654,"objectID":"43129530","parent_id":43129419,"story_id":43128093,"story_title":"Johnny.Decimal \u2013 A system to organise your life","story_url":"https://johnnydecimal.com","updated_at":"2025-02-24T07:58:59Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"asystole"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":true,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"capacities.io"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Johnny.Decimal \u2013 A system to organise your life"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://johnnydecimal.com"}},"_tags":["comment","author_asystole","story_43128093"],"author":"asystole","children":[43129417,43143261],"comment_text":"capacities.io","created_at":"2025-02-21T16:11:17Z","created_at_i":1740154277,"objectID":"43129178","parent_id":43129160,"story_id":43128093,"story_title":"Johnny.Decimal \u2013 A system to organise your life","story_url":"https://johnnydecimal.com","updated_at":"2025-02-24T20:26:15Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"bryanlarsen"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"Yes, we'd need about 20% more electricity generation if all cars were EV's.
Even if 100% of all new cars sold today were EV's, it'd still take 20 years before essentially all cars were EV's. Add the 10 years to get to that point. So we have 30 years to add 20% more electricity generation capacity.
We're currently adding 50GW of capacity per year to our 1.3TW current capacity. IOW, about 4% per year. At that rate it'll take about 5 years to add enough capacity to handle a 100% EV fleet."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/18/24076585/biden-emission-rules-relaxed-pollution-auto-industry-evs"}},"_tags":["comment","author_bryanlarsen","story_39442102"],"author":"bryanlarsen","comment_text":"Yes, we'd need about 20% more electricity generation if all cars were EV's.
Even if 100% of all new cars sold today were EV's, it'd still take 20 years before essentially all cars were EV's. Add the 10 years to get to that point. So we have 30 years to add 20% more electricity generation capacity.
We're currently adding 50GW of capacity per year to our 1.3TW current capacity. IOW, about 4% per year. At that rate it'll take about 5 years to add enough capacity to handle a 100% EV fleet.","created_at":"2024-02-20T16:33:10Z","created_at_i":1708446790,"objectID":"39443329","parent_id":39443212,"story_id":39442102,"story_title":"US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions","story_url":"https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/18/24076585/biden-emission-rules-relaxed-pollution-auto-industry-evs","updated_at":"2024-09-20T16:26:13Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"IOT_Apprentice"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"I\u2019m using capacities.io it is much more accessible than obsidian."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"My Knowledge Lakehouse"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://tabokie.github.io/non-fiction/2024/01/13/log-kb.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_IOT_Apprentice","story_38978435"],"author":"IOT_Apprentice","comment_text":"I\u2019m using capacities.io it is much more accessible than obsidian.","created_at":"2024-01-15T06:14:43Z","created_at_i":1705299283,"objectID":"38997889","parent_id":38978435,"story_id":38978435,"story_title":"My Knowledge Lakehouse","story_url":"https://tabokie.github.io/non-fiction/2024/01/13/log-kb.html","updated_at":"2024-09-20T16:10:13Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"berni_dev"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"A friend of mine built https://capacities.io/ - an awesome personal knowledge management and note taking tool"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?"}},"_tags":["comment","author_berni_dev","story_34531989"],"author":"berni_dev","comment_text":"A friend of mine built https://capacities.io/ - an awesome personal knowledge management and note taking tool","created_at":"2023-01-26T20:15:19Z","created_at_i":1674764119,"objectID":"34538089","parent_id":34531989,"story_id":34531989,"story_title":"Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?","updated_at":"2024-09-20T13:11:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"imperfect_blue"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"This is true for every note-taking app with an export functionality. And it really isn't good enough.
The entire reason you use Obsidian or Notion or Anytype or Capacities.io or Logseq, or anything more powerful than a set of markdown files in the first place, is that you care about the relationships between the notes and the rich functionality that comes with them - sorting, search, linking, reminders, etc. None of this is easily exportable into another app. The series of markdown files that make up Obsidian is not a substitute for the Obsidian software, nor are the relationships easily rebuilt in another app."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: A highly opinionated, fully functional Obsidian vault"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://github.com/bramses/bramses-highly-opinionated-vault-2023"}},"_tags":["comment","author_imperfect_blue","story_34034414"],"author":"imperfect_blue","children":[34035212,34037100],"comment_text":"This is true for every note-taking app with an export functionality. And it really isn't good enough.
The entire reason you use Obsidian or Notion or Anytype or Capacities.io or Logseq, or anything more powerful than a set of markdown files in the first place, is that you care about the relationships between the notes and the rich functionality that comes with them - sorting, search, linking, reminders, etc. None of this is easily exportable into another app. The series of markdown files that make up Obsidian is not a substitute for the Obsidian software, nor are the relationships easily rebuilt in another app.","created_at":"2022-12-18T04:48:07Z","created_at_i":1671338887,"objectID":"34035137","parent_id":34035022,"story_id":34034414,"story_title":"Show HN: A highly opinionated, fully functional Obsidian vault","story_url":"https://github.com/bramses/bramses-highly-opinionated-vault-2023","updated_at":"2024-09-20T12:49:51Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"steffenbleher"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"That's great feedback, thanks! Our product and the explanations are currently tailored to heavy note-takers. If you're interested, you can start getting into the topic here:\nhttps://capacities.io/blog/how-to-create-the-knowledge-base-...\nor to get an overview see here:\nhttps://capacities.io/blog/guide-to-pkm
Feel free to reach out at any point."},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["capacities",".","io"],"value":"Launching a new approach to note-taking / knowledge organization: capacities.io"}},"_tags":["comment","author_steffenbleher","story_31592670"],"author":"steffenbleher","comment_text":"That's great feedback, thanks! Our product and the explanations are currently tailored to heavy note-takers. If you're interested, you can start getting into the topic here:\nhttps://capacities.io/blog/how-to-create-the-knowledge-base-...\nor to get an overview see here:\nhttps://capacities.io/blog/guide-to-pkm
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