[hastes]

It is a huge market, almost every single one of my colleagues uses the built in MacBook note taking app on a daily basis (as do I).

Personally I have never found the need for a markdown editor (never really liked markdown much for typing) but I can see clearly why lots of people like it.

[kevin_nisbet]

I'm paying for Inkdrop.

For me anyways, the reason to adopt it wasn't to do with markdown, it's just about having better UX than the built in Mac notes app. I don't know why, but I just felt like I was fighting with it on certain tasks, such as using it as a scratch space for system logs or taking notes when doing customer support.

The markdown support is nice / simple for formatting, but at least for me that wasn't the reason to adopt it.

[dewey]

> It is a huge market, almost every single one of my colleagues uses the built in MacBook note taking app on a daily basis (as do I).

What makes this a "huge market" for a Markdown app if everyone uses the not Markdown based note taking app shipping with macOS? I would guess that dedicated Markdown based editors is mostly a niche market, even if it seems to be common in the tech bubble.

[hastes]

I meant a note taking application in general is a huge market, I should have been more clear. Think about the amount of non-tech users that still take plenty of notes with a pen and paper (my parents for example), but in their case (and mine) the notes app on Windows/macOS or pen/paper is sufficient enough.

I would assume that the use for a Markdown based (developer focused, as it seems from their landing page) editor such as this one would have a more niche market. Without conducting market research into the topic myself, I would say that his success with this product would serve as a pretty optimistic point that there is a need and use for a product like this.

[dewey]

Ah yea, makes sense now. Thanks for the clarification!

[shantly]

I think the point was that the market is so huge that snagging a small part of it via a niche offering might plausibly lead to a successful business.

[dchuk]

So I have an idea I'm kicking off a POC for regarding note taking that I think is a very different spin on how the process typically flows. I'm interested in building up a roster of folks willing to give it a try, would you (or others reading this) be interested?

[hastes]

I would be interested in giving it a swing, my Discord tag is Haste#0001, that is the best way to contact me.