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FINAL|FINAL - an Today

Wow. Thanks!

FINAL|FINAL - an Today

> although it's hard to know how well that scales as a business Thanks for your kind words. This app is primarily a tool for my personal use. My hope is that if I make the best app for my own needs...

FINAL|FINAL - an Today

It already has "folding" though I call it "zoom." You can zoom in on any level of the outline by double-clicking the left sidebar. Typewriter mode is on the roadmap, as an enhancement to the exist...

FINAL|FINAL - an 4 days ago

I've come to realize that it isn't "vibe coding" that is a problem, but that a lot of vibe coders simply don't do the followup work. Tom Cargill once said "The first 90 percent of the code account...

FINAL|FINAL - an 4 days ago

The release log for Final-Final only shows about half of the work I've put into it. I don't include all the changes I've made to the development tools: tests, workflows, task management, etc. But all ...

BeautyTasks and Plainva 2 weeks ago

I use Logseq DB with a script I wrote myself that syncs my tasks to Apple Reminders. However, for my coding projects I use Obsidian as both a task list and permanent memory, so BeautyTasks is a great ...

Apps for Retirement 7/19/2026

Have you tried TaskForge? https://taskforge.md/

FINAL|FINAL - an 7/11/2026

One thing I need to work on are better UI "hints" about possible user actions. For instance, this part of the card could subtly light up on mouse-over.

FINAL|FINAL - an 7/11/2026

Thanks. To set a section wordcount goal, ctl-click on the card for that section (in the left sidebar), in the bottom-right corner of the card (where the number is).

FINAL|FINAL - an 7/11/2026

I have been on a bug-hunting spree, squashing dozens of major bugs in the last 5 days (thanks to Fable). Full changelog is here: https://github.com/kerim/finalfinal/releases The app should b...

Apps for Retirement 7/8/2026

One issue I will face at retirement is that I will lose the many educational discounts I get as a teacher. As a result I will need to cancel a lot of services that I currently use: Notion Pro (free fo...

FINAL|FINAL - an 6/12/2026

Just added support for LaTeX style math formulas in Final|Final. I don't use math in my own writing, so this is in response to user requests. If you do use this feature, please test it out and give fe...

Roam Research -- Recent Experience? 5/25/2026

Logseq, for me, is the ultimate task manager. I love having my notes, contacts, and tasks in the same app. It allows me to have context for my tasks, which raw lists like Reminders or Todoist neve...

FINAL|FINAL - an 5/17/2026

Thanks! The large footprint is largely due to TinyTeX (232 MB). This is actually the smallest possible way I can support PanDoc export to Word and PDF. The other option would be to require users to do...

FINAL|FINAL - an 5/15/2026

Final|Final now supports Markdown tables.

Forum redesign 5/15/2026

This is wonderful!

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/18/2026

@bvasconcelos Sorry, "zotero not running" was a genuine bug. Should be fixed now.

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/18/2026

This inspired me to write a longer post on the topic of porting to other platforms: https://vibing.kerim.one/posts/2026-03-18-porting/

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/17/2026

Thanks! It is open source, so anyone could port it if they like. However, it would not be enough to simply ask Claude to do it. As I document in my development blog, it is testing and debugging that ...

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/17/2026

I'm not familiar with quarto. I'll have to learn more about it. Zotero not running might be a configuration error. Be sure to check the "Getting Started" guide from the Help menu.

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/14/2026

It uses a database underneath.

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/13/2026

@satis Yes, I think we may soon move beyond static "apps" and just have an AI that spins up features on demand @Amontillado Yes, that was an important one for me!

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/13/2026

The title was meant to read "- A free word processor for academics" .... "

FINAL|FINAL - an 3/13/2026

For the past few years I've been writing my essays in Obsidian, using about a dozen plugins to get all the features I want in a word processor. But even though the core Obsidian app is well built, the...

Claude Code is like crack cocaine for CRIMPers 11/15/2025

I spoke to a professional programmer about how to better use Claude Code and they recommended having it always tell you what it is going to do before doing it, and then write itself a report about wha...

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