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Jot, 2 days after launch: 3 fixes, a Raycast extension, and the bugs I shipped

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Hey makers šŸ‘‹ Jot 2.0 launched here on Wednesday. Here's what shipped since, the embarrassing bits included.

2.0.1

  • jot add takes --tag, --section and --pin, and list, search and add take --json

  • the MCP add_jot tool can attach images and pin a jot

  • the DMG itself is notarized now, not only the app inside it. Someone on X called it an "unverified build", and they had a point

2.0.2

  • the update dialog said "{product}" instead of "Jot". Yes, really

  • jots added from Raycast now say they came from Raycast

2.0.3

  • updating from Settings never installed. Jot downloaded the update and then never quit, so the swap had nothing to replace. The menu and the automatic check always worked

Also new

  • a Raycast extension: search, add, voice note, quick draw and annotate from Raycast. It's waiting on Store review

  • the blog has an RSS feed:

  • a new demo. The Shift Shift bit is below

43 of the 50 $9 licenses are still open, then it's $29 (one-time, 3-day free trial).

What would you want Jot to catch that it doesn't yet?

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Launched on Thursday and I recognise this list. My embarrassing one the day before launch I found my own agent was reporting check results in Portuguese inside an English product. The fix shipped today, rebuilt agent image and all. Two days after launch feels less like celebrating and more like a second, smaller launch. Congrats on getting 2.0.3 out this fast.

Ā yeah, a lot of these slip up happen when you are shipping solo, only the velocity of development can prevent user churn.

Ā True when you ship solo there is no second pair of eyes, so you only catch what you happen to test. A boring post-release checklist has saved me more than once ope the Raycast review comes through fast.

For text grabbed from a browser, Iā€™d like to keep the page title and URL with the snippet. When I come back to a quote a week later, I want to find the paragraph around it without searching for the exact words.

Ā thanks for the feedback, new version will ship the rich-source and a hover card to inspect it as well

Ā In the next version of Jot, hove over the Source and get this hover card for more info.