notetaking systems can be ranked pretty reliably just by how well they get and keep you writing
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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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