[golly_ned]

I text myself notes, and it’s not because I don’t want to use another app, but because I like the streaming append-only log style of notes. I don’t like how hard it is to search through them stores in iMessage. I’ve thought about building an app like this, just since I haven’t been able to find one. So the problem does exist, though it’s not for you.

And it’s plainly not the case that if people wanted these features they would be built into Apple apps. There is a massive ecosystem of iOS apps for exactly the reason that the Apple apps don’t cover everything. Same for any case where there’s a startup vs. an incumbent.

[pdimitar]

Sure, but I just use a personal Telegram channel for this. It's quite well-searchable too, and it serves me 95% perfectly.

[brewdad]

I use Signal's Note to Self. It's often easier than dealing with a notes app or file syncing for one offs or interesting links I want to read on another device.

[mmcclure]

This is my flow too. I know it’s silly, but 90% of why I pay for premium is just for the tags in my saved notes messages.

[dheera]

I just use a 1-person Slack message for this. Split categories into channels.

I can also write my own plugin bots to respond to specific queries.

I considered Discord but I hate its UI, especially every time I go to the website it wants to do a phone verification. F that, I'm out. If you are a nonessential "fun" app you need to be as low friction as possible.

[mcintyre1994]

I use Slack for this too, mostly because its reminders work great for me. If messages are anywhere else I keep losing/forgetting them. I wrote a Raycast plugin that takes a screenshot and sends it straight to my Slack, then I add whatever reminder I want from there.

[pdimitar]

I admit Slack's reminders are a pretty neat addition. Wish Telegram had that.

[IOT_Apprentice]

What about using a discord server?

[pdimitar]

Discord is generally snappy but nothing beats Telegram. It just feels like the only remaining desktop client that actually makes use of native OS facilities.

Plus there are scripts to back up the said channels. With Discord I haven't checked (but maybe there are as well).

So mostly (1) Telegram is still snappier and (2) Telegram was there first, more or less, at least on my own timeline of checking chat clients.

[abdullahkhalids]

You can backup discord channels with discord bots, like [1].

[1] https://xenon.bot/

[pdimitar]

Cool, thanks. I don't doubt the community and the good software, it's just that for me Telegram was there first.

[suriya-ganesh]

Discord is much much slower than the telegram client IMO

[alsetmusic]

I email myself notes and reminders as a way to time-shift them. I send to my work account so that I see them the next day, as I don't have a position that requires me to be available or respond during off-hours. It's a way to reduce how many reminders I have blasting notifications on my devices, a sort of mental cheat / hack by spreading them out.

The only time I text myself is to get data from a personal device and a work device. All my "real" notes still go in a plain-text Simplenote document that syncs between my devices. I've started using Apple Notes just in the last few months even though I've had access to the app since its inception (call me old-fashioned and a curmudgeon about plain-text, I guess).

[emeril]

try resophnotes as a good clean windows client for simplenote if you haven't already