# RAM

My brain's external RAM extension

This little project fills an a annoying gap in my daily workflow: When I'm reading news or working on a task, I occasionally want to note something down to examine later: an URL, a random thought, a tool a command line etc. But where should I put that small piece of information? In my notes tool? Yeah, not available on my mobile. As Google Keep note? nah, I never gonna find it...

So I need a tool to simple and fast take a note and examine it later. This should be this project.

MVP ideas

• A Note consists of:
  • an ID (uuid, string in the form xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
  • a texfield
  • an URL
  • some tags
  • a done checkbox (boolean)
  • a creation timestamp
• Notes should be kept in a simple SQLite DB
• A small Go Webserver should offer a UI to enter / list notes
• Simple, fast, fast and easy to develop - a first version must not be sophisticated! It should be done soon enough!
• First version: only 1 user, no (or basic) auth

MVP Developing Path

1. create the db part:
   • find sqlite golang driver
   • create a structure to run db migrations on startup
   • create simple utility functions for the app
2. create the static web server:
   • should serve static files to deliver the basic web page
   • The web page must be minimal - html and some tiny ajax functions
3. create backend endpoints to interact with frontend
4. create authentication

More ideas

• Authenticated by Passkey (webauth) only!
• Multiple users - each with its own note pool
• Notes export
• Notes API

3rd-party tools

• htmx, under the BSD 2-Clause License
• github.com/google/uuid
• github.com/jessevdk/go-flags
• modernc.org/sqlite