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I've released a new browser extension for Inkdrop last week. Web clipper v0.2.2 - Import Kindle highlights!I’ve been working on rebuilding Inkdrop’s browser extension for clipping web pages. And I’m thrilled to announce that it now supports importing your Kindle highlights! This
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Hi, it's Takuya, the solo developer of Inkdrop, a note-taking app designed for software developers. Recently, I enabled a web clipper feature on the mobile app for both iOS and Android. I'd like to share how I implemented the logic to receive a shared URL in
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I wanted to try one of the new features introduced in React Native 0.76, which is box-shadow. Evan Bacon told me that it even supports multiple box shadows on Android – pretty exciting! you can use multiple box shadows on android now — Evan Bacon 🥓 (@Baconbrix) November 15, 2024 So, in
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Inkdrop's current conversion rate after signups looks like this: It doesn't look so bad, but the number of signups is low around 200-300, while the website is getting 5k unique visitors per month. So, the Visitor-to-Signup rate would be 4-6%. It sounds like average but it&
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Hey, what's up? This is Takuya. I'd like to share my plan to make custom UI themes support across both my Electron and React Native apps. Why React Native (A brief history) I have a cross-platform app, Inkdrop, which runs on Electron for desktop platforms and
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Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. This article would be a supplemental resource for my latest tutorial posted on YouTube: This is a tutorial on how to accomplish the animation effect for a table of contents that I posted on X here: Implemented animated outlines using
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Hi, it's Takuya here. I've been updating the mobile version of Inkdrop, which is built with React Native. It is a simple Markdown note-taking app, which supports syncing notes with the server and offer an offline-first viewing and editing experience. To accomplish this, I've
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💡UPDATE(2025/04/23): Supported React Native >= 0.76 Hello, it's Takuya here. The mobile version of my app Inkdrop is built on top of React Native. It is a Markdown note-taking app, which renders notes in webview. The notes can include images, and currently it can
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It's been 7 years since I've been developing Inkdrop, a Markdown note-taking app. Thanks to its sales, I've been able to make a living from it. In the past, I've written various things about how to sustain indie development from a business
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Hi, it's Takuya. I've been preparing onboarding newsletters for my app, Inkdrop. In order to achieve a nice-looking email design, I researched several email templates and ended up creating my own. Here is the result: Designing emails is hard because there are so many limitations that
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🥳My wallpaper packs are now available! Check out serene imagery from my coding tutorials on the devaslife YouTube channel here: https://www.craftz.dog/wallpapers Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. It's been a year since I last posted a video about my Neovim
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Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. I tried out recent UI frameworks called Kuma UI and Panda CSS. They are basically kinds of CSS-in-JS libraries but focus on supporting Zero Runtime. I wanted to learn them and know which would better fit my project requirements. 📺 WATCH