Techlore Talks

Who's behind the open source, zero-knowledge note-taking service Notesnook? Today I sit with Abdullah Atta, CEO & Lead Developer of Notesnook for an interview.

🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
Abdullah's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecodrr
Abdullah's GitHub: https://github.com/thecodrr

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - About Abdullah & Notesnook
01:42 - What made you want to create Notesnook?
05:06 - Who is the team behind Notesnook?
05:59 - What are the challenges behind your service?
09:58 - Why is E2EE important for digital notes?
12:29 - Who is the target audience for Notesnook?
17:06 - What is the overall goal of your service?
20:35 - When will Notesnook have collaboration? / Collaboration rant
24:55 - How does Notesnook handle feature parity across different apps? / more collaboration rant
28:28 - Where do you see yourself going from here?
29:31 - Is Notesnook open source?
31:21 - What are the next big technical challenges?
34:17 - Outro

🎥 VIDEO
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Creators and Guests

Host
Henry Fisher
Runner, artist, musician and digital rights activist. Owner of Techlore
Guest
Abdullah Atta
Notesnook
Editor
Tori
Techlore

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