Journal Together

Journal with your friends over email, for free

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Journal with your friends over email, for free

3 followers

Journal and keep tabs with your friends all over email. At the end of every day, you'll receive an email from Journal Together. The very next day, you'll receive a group email with your friends, with what everyone wrote. It's as simple as that

Launch tags:Productivity•Writing

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For those of us around 40 years old we deeply miss the days of LiveJournal. This product is making us all very happy to be able to connect in the ways that we used to!

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6yr ago

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Warmed the heart to read this, thank you for the kind words Danielle : )

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6yr ago

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Hey PH! I wanted to share Journal Together, an app I made recently to play with clojure and scratch an itch. I started a company with my best friend, and we decided to share a journal with each other. We started off using Paper, but I thought it would more convenient if was over email: we already use email, and it would be handy if we were reminded. I made a barebones version for us. We soon decided to add a few of our close friends: many of them live in different cities, and we thought it would be a good way to keep in touch. It's turned out to be a blast so far. Here's how it works: 1. You sign up, and invite your friends 2. At the end of every day, you receive an email, asking about your day 3. The next day, you receive a group email with your friends, with what everyone wrote. It's free to use : ) -- Some technical notes: Clojure has been a pure joy. Some reflections on building it: * The REPL made working with webhooks _much_ a breeze * I could capture requests and replay them over and over. * Clojure interop + JVM is a superpower * Lib ecosystem def saves the day: java.time may be the best time library I've used. It was great to use Stripe's lib too. * B/c I could use threads, I could avoid introducing out-of- process queues for scheduling. For the db, I tried to stretch firebase: * Firebase's client side abstractions are best in class * Their database on the client abstraction masks a bunch of complexity: from optimistic updates to offline mode. * They _are_ extensible: i.e with custom auth * The downsides were painful: * Rule engine is weak: as soon as you start writing more serious rules it gets out of hand. I almost created my own DSL * Query engine is weak: Many to many relationships can't be managed without de-normalizing the data. * There's room for a startup here ^ -- It's still pretty rough, but I hope you enjoy it!

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6yr ago

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Love this! It's been a great way to stay in touch with friends during quarantine :)

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6yr ago

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@alex_reichert Thank you for the kind words brother : }

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6yr ago

InstantDB

Been a great tool for sending EOD updates to the team!

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@nezaj Cheers brother : }

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6yr ago

Hm this sounds like an intriguing concept! Would be interested in checking it out. :)

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6yr ago

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Glad to hear Ruby, hope you like it! : )

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6yr ago

CEO Short List

Nice! The google share for personal life

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6yr ago

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Cheers Alex! :)

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6yr ago

@stopachka Thanks for a new organizing tool!

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6yr ago

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@mikeyeva thank you for the kind words Nastya, glad you liked it! :)

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6yr ago

@stopachka Welcome

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For those of us around 40 years old we deeply miss the days of LiveJournal. This product is making us all very happy to be able to connect in the ways that we used to!

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6yr ago

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Warmed the heart to read this, thank you for the kind words Danielle : )

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