Big changes with Flint! Over the holidays I completely reworked just about every part of Flint.

The UI has been totally refreshed, making every view cleaner and easier to navigate.

Under the hood, the way Flint stores data has also changed. Previously we used a local SQLite database with a two-way sync to markdown files. This worked well enough (though the sync code was gross and had unresolved bugs) but the architecture made it hard to implement features I really wanted like versioning and syncing.

So, the new Flint now uses Automerge to store notes, while still keeping the two-way markdown file syncing of the previous version. Automerge is a CRDT library that makes it possible to sync data across devices without needing to store all your data in a central server. The current rework doesn't including syncing yet but guess what feature I'll be working on soon 😆.

The other capability Automerge gives us is the ability to easily make a web app that stores all your note data locally in the browser. You can try it out here to see the new interface and features without installing anything. The only capabilities that aren't included at the moment are markdown file syncing, review mode, and the AI agent.

I think Flint is really starting to come together. More to come soon but take a look and let me know what you think!