first order effects of writing things down at all are just too big, whether or not most notes are ever read again let alone [cross-]referenced
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typing into the abyss tends not to motivate writing, so it does help to have a system that feels powerful and that you expect to prove useful
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the first order effect of roam-style crossreferencing for me is to vastly reduce waffling over 'where/how do i file this note' without hampering the above, making it easier to just start typing (plus making it feel more powerful etc)
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also at this order its pretty important to be fast just as an interface for getting text down. roam isnt, idk if web stuff is just not up to the task but this is one reason i like using latex locally
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in general i think interfaces that separate a fast input step from a slow compilation are super underrated
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i can open/edit tex files of pretty much any size arbitrarily fast, then build a big beautiful complicated notebook in 5-10 secs whenever i pause for breath. (crossreferences take 2 build passes to update since the build only goes over the tex once but still whatever)
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meanwhile roam (sorry to pick on, its good enough that its the web app i use but you could substitute others) loads pages in seconds on my laptop, input lags, freezes for up to seconds when i navigate between blocks
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even if the total 'processing time' cost for using the web app is less (its not), its more time lost for me and has a more blocking effect on taking notes (its not a disaster, im just always annoyed about webpages being slow)
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anyway once you have the build step it opens up all sorts of options for postprocessing that might be prohibitive in a '''realtime''' interface
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(honestly though like typing into the tweet input box is painful so maybe im miscalibrated about what really makes webpages slow and roam is just doing some javascript thing that has nothing to do with making itself useful)
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