Journal and keep tabs with your friends all over email. At the end of every day, you'll receive an email from Journal Together. The very next day, you'll receive a group email with your friends, with what everyone wrote. It's as simple as that
Hey PH! I wanted to share Journal Together, an app I made recently to play with clojure and scratch an itch.
I started a company with my best friend, and we decided to share a journal with each other. We started off using Paper, but I thought it would more convenient if was over email: we already use email, and it would be handy if we were reminded.
I made a barebones version for us. We soon decided to add a few of our close friends: many of them live in different cities, and we thought it would be a good way to keep in touch.
It's turned out to be a blast so far. Here's how it works:
1. You sign up, and invite your friends
2. At the end of every day, you receive an email, asking about your day
3. The next day, you receive a group email with your friends, with what everyone wrote.
It's free to use : )
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Some technical notes:
Clojure has been a pure joy. Some reflections on building it:
* The REPL made working with webhooks _much_ a breeze
* I could capture requests and replay them over and over.
* Clojure interop + JVM is a superpower
* Lib ecosystem def saves the day: java.time may be the best time library I've used. It was great to use Stripe's lib too.
* B/c I could use threads, I could avoid introducing out-of- process queues for scheduling.
For the db, I tried to stretch firebase:
* Firebase's client side abstractions are best in class
* Their database on the client abstraction masks a bunch of complexity: from optimistic updates to offline mode.
* They _are_ extensible: i.e with custom auth
* The downsides were painful:
* Rule engine is weak: as soon as you start writing more serious rules it gets out of hand. I almost created my own DSL
* Query engine is weak: Many to many relationships can't be managed without de-normalizing the data.
* There's room for a startup here ^
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It's still pretty rough, but I hope you enjoy it!
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