Hyperdraft is a re-make of the cult macOS app Notational Velocity, which was know for its [[modeless]] and keyboard-centric design based on interface ideas by Jef Raskin.

Writing and publishing is synthesized into the same interface, with ideas from and as an alternative to various projects:

Wikipedia, Github, Google Docs: centralized and require complex processes to contribute
Facebook, Medium: toxic reader experience and your thoughts are property of the company
Wordpress: heavy, requires setup and managing plugins
fedwiki: beautifully decentralized but very technical, enjoys esoteric interfaces
'outliners' like Workflowy or Roam: optimized for novel presentations of interconnections or for merging computation with the thought process
Notion: requires hierarchial thinking (you must think about where to put it ) [[don't ask to name things when capturing]]
static site generators: requires technical expertise, and usually means being tied to the computer
Simplenote: weak keyboard shortcuts, favours proprietary linking system over the popular [[wiki]] syntax

Ideals

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language is the interface

text is the main mode of interaction, as opposed to novel or specialized interfaces
direct manipulation, avoid special interfaces, form fields, obscure data representations
plaintext due to its accessibility and universality
minimal distinction between modes of reading and writing
avoid machine structures -> detect structures from human input or use MassageTXT to coax JSON from notes

change is the default

reduce friction in moving things around as your thoughts change
no hierarchy
no naming

text as a medium of collaboration

someone contributing to your work only needs to modify text
no sign up
no centralized accounts

always with you

all of it
any device
no internet required
own your data

if you can speak or write, you can use it

the primary technical knowlege required is writing itself
technicality excludes people
be a mirror