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Had an idea last night for a

@gatsbyjs

powered Public Brain. Managed to get a (very) basic version of it built for my site today! Inspired by

@RoamResearch

, already possible to (minus a few bugs) copy/paste from Roam and create a graph of notes on your site.

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Aengus McMillin

@aengusmcmillin

Apr 13, 2020

You can try it out at aengusmcmillin.com/brain. The code is linked from there, but it is still super rough. Going to be cleaning it up and hoping to publish it as a gatsby plugin soon.

@fortelabs

, I'm going to be trying to incorporate this into my BASB system

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Aengus McMillin

@aengusmcmillin

Apr 13, 2020

Also, may be of interest to the #roamcult

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Nice! Was just thinking about how to add bi-directional links to my Gatsby site last weekend but so glad you beat me to the punch. Definitely installing this plugin when you get it all cleaned up 🙌

4:03 PM · Apr 14, 2020Twitter Web App

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Although you’re better off turning it into a theme. They’re essentially the new replacement for plugins: gatsbyjs.org/docs/themes/bu we have an open access code on them too: egghead.io/courses/gatsby

Aengus McMillin

@aengusmcmillin

Apr 14, 2020

Good call, I will do that instead

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Ninan Thampy

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Sorry to bother you both. I am working with a non-profit that is looking to build a simple mobile-optimized web app to help marginalized women with reproductive health resources. What is the best platform to build it on? Thanks

Aengus McMillin

@aengusmcmillin

Apr 14, 2020

I'm by no means a web dev expert, but from my experience it largely depends on what you need. If you just need static content, build it in Gatsby (or maybe even something like Squarespace or Wordpress for something less code heavy), but if you are doing something with more...

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