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My weekend project turned into a 3 year journey

I'm creating an app that started as a simple note-taking tool but has now grown into a full-fledged project way beyond what I could have imagined. Let me tell…

The idea for my project was born out of a need as basic as a black coffee ☕️ on a Monday morning: I wanted a tool to take secure notes in Markdown, accessible on all my devices. What was supposed to be a small project quickly turned into an epic journey through months of development, trial and error, and a deep dive into various editors before finally settling on Monaco, the library behind VSCode. I had to register my business to get an app signing certificate, create a website to prove my company's existence (even though I’m just a freelancer), all to satisfy the auditors who, not content with their coffee, wanted more proof of my legitimacy.

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