Hey Hacker News,
I'm a writer who sometimes misses the fancy features of a code editor, so I started building Chisel.
What can Chisel do?
- Command palette like VSCode
- Git-like history to keep track of your writing journey
- Writing feedback ala Hemingway or Grammarly
- And it even integrates with ChatGPT
I've tried out some other apps like Bear and Obsidian, but Chisel has been a better fit. It's more about writing and less about note-taking.
Head over to https://egonschiele.github.io/chisel-docs/ to check it out!
> I'm a writer who sometimes misses the fancy features of a code editor, so I started building
I haven't added any external services to mine yet. Interesting to see the things we have in common / difference though. I love the diff! How do you do the git-like history? I can't see any history when I try it out.
Also, a word of warning: as a developer-turned-writer, developing your own writing app is probably the single biggest distraction you can create, the greatest form of procrastination. Every time I sit down to write, using my own app, I find things I want to add, or change, or fix, and even when I resist the urge to work on them, I'm still _thinking_ about them when trying to write. I started my writing app journey in 2012, and my writing productivity has suffered ever since. Don't get me wrong - its a very satisfying hobby, but I dont write nearly as much as I could have done if I wasn't bug fixing in my spare time