@Takuya Sir I am big fan of you and I can do your React Native side part of your app (inkdrop) may be this way your stress little bit less! If you have time lets chat for more understanding. Thank you
Please take care Takuya. Also, maybe it's time for you to get more team members on the team and can share the workload. You don't have to do it all alone and after a point of time, it is even better of more people are with you to share the workload and stress.
Hi Takuya, I have been using your app since 2019, and it really helped me while I was doing my PhD to help organize my research, but also keep track of my studies and life. I use it every day and I’m sure there are many others who are the same. I think you should just trust in yourself and your design sense and don’t worry too much about users brought in by short term media hype. In the long term solid engineering and reliability wins out, just like in the case of vim and emacs. I’m sure everything will be ok!
I don't know if it's any consolation, but I'm very inspired by and admire your work. Take as long as you need to recover, we'll always be here to support you in whatever way you need.
Hello, Takuya, I love your inkdrop. I am trying the demo version right now, so I like it very much. I am also worried about your health. Please keep developing your app as long as you can.
Hope you recover Takuya! Burnout sucks and it leaves a lot of scars that take long to heal. I've burned out 3 times already, and every time it gets worse, it's really difficult to get back to the normal pace. I'm still facing sequels from those. Please take time for you!
Takuya, see it this way: You started out with your idea of how the app is going to be used and you built and shipped it. This is more than so many other ever will be able to do. So, bravo to that. And see this new phase as a refinement of your UX and UI. In this phase you will use the typical measurements of how users perceive your app and it's UI. Ask a lot of questions. Read up in UX UI refinement - it might even be a new exciting path you're visiting for some time 😊 Best of luck and if you need help, just ask 😊
When burnout is caused by problems, you need to move towards new goals. When something ends, there is room for a new beginning and that's what I wish for you.
Oh, I can still recall my first burnout like it was yesterday. I'd just stare at my computer for hours, trying to find the energy to start working. Ended up writing a resignation letter out of frustration. Took a solid 7 months off to chill and even went on a trip with my girlfriend back then. But now, things are way better. Got a better job, making more money, and actually managing to keep a good balance between work and everything else. Take care Takuya! take your time to recover.
Takuya rest up man, I loved your videos and you are a great inspiration to me, I'm from Brazil and I really enjoy watching your videos, take care of your health but when you can come back with the videos, a big hug!!!
Hey Takuya, I'm one of those those users that started to use inkdrop, and stopped using it. I hope my testimonial will give Insight into why. I honestly didn't instinctively understand how inkdrop could replace the tools I already use. Inkdrop is highly sophisticated and offers more than enough in terms of note-taking and 'code-taking', it's almost overwhelming. I feel like inkdrop doesn't 'snap' into my routine as much. Now, I truly believe inkdrop offers value in it's near perfect integrations and compatibility as well as its UI, and its community as well. Perhaps a 'Light' version of inkdrop for simple note-taking and code writing, targeted for the mass could really allow you to gain much more users, and retain them in the long run. And then for the extra sophisticated users Inkdrop (as it is now) is extremely useful. I hope this helps, I don't mean to offend in any way shape or form, I've been watching your videos since the beginning and I'm a huge fan. Love from Spain 🇪🇸
Hey Takuya, this is a message of support ! Take good care of you. We are all with you your content marked us positively so this kind of messages is the bare minimum.
Thank you, Takuya, for what you're doing. Inkdrop, your twitter, blog, instagram and channel have inspired me so much in both my coding, and everyday life. Before that I thought it was impossible for one person to create something so complex, yet so smooth and thought-out. Please, take your time to recover, and get some rest. We'll be eagerly waiting for your return ❤
Rest well Takuya, hope this break treats you well both in your health and your mental health! All the best on that front. Also, I'm a new user to Inkdrop! I really like the app and agree that more educational content would be beneficial in creating new users/maintaining the people on the fence.
I discovered your channel thanks to a TH-cam recommendation about Windows Terminal configuration, and ever since I've been subscribed and watched all of your videos. The work and quality you put in every video is top notch and the fact that you use Neovim makes it even better. In fact, you're one of the reasons why I switched to modal editing. On the other hand, I'm somewhat rudimentary in terms of "managing knowledge", so I basically save every website that I find interesting in my bookmarks and that's pretty much it... so I might not be a target for your app. That being said, I haven't seen your app announced nor recommended anywhere other than in your own channel; perhaps some ads would help together with the how tos that you mention. As a suggestion, it would be nice to see not only the how tos about how to use it, but also how to consume it, like the use cases that would require you to save that knowledge and consume it later in a real life scenario.
Hello, Takuya! I am a developer, and like you, I wanted to create my own app but couldn't imagine doing it successfully on my own. One day, I came across your channel and was very inspired by your experience. I have been working on my app for several years now and this year, I started receiving my first paid subscriptions. Currently, I have been working on a complex refactoring for several months and your videos have been incredibly supportive - they make you feel like it's a normal, challenging but awesome path to achieving results. Thank you for sharing your experience and inspiring others!
That’s far from ideal. There’s enough market for everyone, I personally pay for quality tools. Even my notes app. That said - in this situation I would narrow down my feature set and bet in quality and a more premium service with a freemium model. Hard to achieve maybe; possible? Yes, 100%.
Hey Takuya, I'm a fan from Taiwan. I've always admired you and enjoyed watching your videos. You're an amazing person. I hope you can take good rests and continue moving towards the things you're passionate about. Lastly, I also want to thank you for inspiring my journey in development.❤
Hi Takuya, just saw this video and wanted to mention that watching your videos inspired me to return to coding in my off time (I transitioned from senior dev to product management two years ago). I like your style of videos, working, and overall mentality. If you'd like a fresh perspective to help you funnel some of the possible improvements you're considering let me know, happy to jump in a call with you!
Health and mental state are more critical than MRR or audience on social networks. Great that you identified this problem and took a break. Your videos are great, but you are absolutely right about the need for more education. Even though we can see you using the app in your videos, there is not much info on exactly how to use it. I would look at popular note-taking apps like Notion, Obsidian, etc., and popular videos about them. The would do my take on ideas I like and share my own use cases for the app. Implementing storytelling in those videos and sticking with your style would certainly help. Something like "How I manage notes for my software projects in Inkdrop App" would work.
Takuya Sensei, taking a break is always important, because our health deteriorates with all the stress loads we have as developers. I think a hobby that clears the mind is the best thing to maintain harmony. I admire him the world over. Take care of yourself.
Takuya, your are a great developer! I believe you will overcome all problems you will face. I agree with you than you need to make more contents/tutorials on how to use your app Inkdrop. Maybe also you can teach some basic markdown techniques. Thank you for sharing, take care!
As ex engineers i would say.. Burnout is a real thing. Understand that user churn out is something you can't control. Instead of focus heavily on something you can't control, think what you can control. Without getting worried about results. Remember, you can only work as hard as you can but the result is always in hands of Allah and He knows best.
Go to the gym, meditație, run do suff too help you to stop thinking what is rong to your work. Let the brain think for is own path and you got the answer. But do sport and you see a lot will change and Take care of what you eat that also can make you stres out.
All the best Takuya san. As developers, we all experiencing this more than one time :( For me, when I feel burnout, I take a break and try to focus on other things I am passionate about in life. This helps me push dev to the back until I naturally get drawn to it again.
Hey Takuya, I have some quick feedback on the app. I used the app from 2021 to 2022, but I ended up switching to another app. However, with all the recent work and updates I've seen, I wanted to give it another try. Unfortunately, I noticed that I couldn't access the old information I had in the app without paying. Honestly, this was a turnoff for me. How can I store my data in an app that locks it unless I pay? I'm not asking for full access without payment, but I should at least be able to view or retrieve my data as a non-paying customer. This is a major drawback for me. I think you should offer a free tier version so that anyone can access and test the app. I know you currently have a 30-day free trial, but that means users only have 30 days to use it and either pay or lose their stored data. I suggest eliminating the 30-day limit and implementing a free tier. These are just some quick feedback points. Best of luck!
Will be giving Inkdrop a try! Been looking for a note taking application that is more targeted at developers. The note taking space is very competitive so I think anything you can do to make your application stick out would be beneficial. If developers / technical users is your target audience shaping your marketing and educational materials around them would probably go a long way. I will try to share any feedback I have as I learn the application and try to apply it to my daily workflow. Enjoy your break and get some much needed rest!
Thank you for the update Takuya, have you considered accepting donations from fans? Like a Patreon? I think this approach of showing the benefits of the app will definitely get more users to stay, I hope you get some rest, and can enjoy what you do again. :)
Sounds like about time to increase your team, the technical debt is growing too large to a point where it takes too much time to fix. I think time is costing you customers and that is bad. Take a one time break short term, look for more members and then go from there.
Recently I tried your application, iOS and Windows apps was working great, I just want to ask three question which I didn't can resolve myself. 1) I want to find all notes with tag A which has status Active. How can I do it? 2) I want to add additional statuses instead of 4 defaults (Active, On Hold, Completed, Dropped). How can I do it? 3) Do you have any Kandan or other todo boards which can track one tag for example?
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@Takuya Sir I am big fan of you and I can do your React Native side part of your app (inkdrop) may be this way your stress little bit less! If you have time lets chat for more understanding. Thank you
Please take care Takuya. Also, maybe it's time for you to get more team members on the team and can share the workload. You don't have to do it all alone and after a point of time, it is even better of more people are with you to share the workload and stress.
Hi Takuya, I have been using your app since 2019, and it really helped me while I was doing my PhD to help organize my research, but also keep track of my studies and life. I use it every day and I’m sure there are many others who are the same. I think you should just trust in yourself and your design sense and don’t worry too much about users brought in by short term media hype. In the long term solid engineering and reliability wins out, just like in the case of vim and emacs. I’m sure everything will be ok!
Thank you, frantzryufanon!! It means a lot
It's very important that people talk about this feeling. Huge respect for bringing this up. take care Takuya ❤. No matter what, I will stick around.
You and Takuya inspired me to code
I don't know if it's any consolation, but I'm very inspired by and admire your work. Take as long as you need to recover, we'll always be here to support you in whatever way you need.
Take are Takuya! I love your videos and am a huge fan. I hope you come back healthy.
Hello, Takuya, I love your inkdrop. I am trying the demo version right now, so I like it very much. I am also worried about your health. Please keep developing your app as long as you can.
All the best Takuya, thank you for sharing this tough part of life!
Please take care of yourself Takuya 🙏 Wish you all the best. Love your content and your Inkdrop product.
Hope you recover Takuya! Burnout sucks and it leaves a lot of scars that take long to heal. I've burned out 3 times already, and every time it gets worse, it's really difficult to get back to the normal pace. I'm still facing sequels from those. Please take time for you!
You're a masive exemple to my!!! Take it easy...
You should take a break, and have a nice vacation. A clear mind is good for the soul.
Takuya, see it this way: You started out with your idea of how the app is going to be used and you built and shipped it. This is more than so many other ever will be able to do. So, bravo to that.
And see this new phase as a refinement of your UX and UI. In this phase you will use the typical measurements of how users perceive your app and it's UI. Ask a lot of questions. Read up in UX UI refinement - it might even be a new exciting path you're visiting for some time 😊 Best of luck and if you need help, just ask 😊
Enjoy your break Takuya. You are so inspiring and the level of mental resilience you have as a solo dev is amazing. Looking forward to your comeback.
Waiting for your return, get well soon!
When burnout is caused by problems, you need to move towards new goals. When something ends, there is room for a new beginning and that's what I wish for you.
Hope you get better, Takuya!
Let it flow and hope you will find the inner peace soon. Take good care, and nothing is more important than your health (inside-out) and family!!
Oh, I can still recall my first burnout like it was yesterday. I'd just stare at my computer for hours, trying to find the energy to start working. Ended up writing a resignation letter out of frustration. Took a solid 7 months off to chill and even went on a trip with my girlfriend back then. But now, things are way better. Got a better job, making more money, and actually managing to keep a good balance between work and everything else. Take care Takuya! take your time to recover.
Thank you, Takuya, take the necessary time to recover! Inkdrop is already a great product, but your health is more important!
Takuya rest up man, I loved your videos and you are a great inspiration to me, I'm from Brazil and I really enjoy watching your videos, take care of your health but when you can come back with the videos, a big hug!!!
Hey Takuya, I'm one of those those users that started to use inkdrop, and stopped using it. I hope my testimonial will give Insight into why.
I honestly didn't instinctively understand how inkdrop could replace the tools I already use. Inkdrop is highly sophisticated and offers more than enough in terms of note-taking and 'code-taking', it's almost overwhelming. I feel like inkdrop doesn't 'snap' into my routine as much.
Now, I truly believe inkdrop offers value in it's near perfect integrations and compatibility as well as its UI, and its community as well.
Perhaps a 'Light' version of inkdrop for simple note-taking and code writing, targeted for the mass could really allow you to gain much more users, and retain them in the long run. And then for the extra sophisticated users Inkdrop (as it is now) is extremely useful.
I hope this helps, I don't mean to offend in any way shape or form, I've been watching your videos since the beginning and I'm a huge fan. Love from Spain 🇪🇸
keep calm and smile :)
Hey Takuya, this is a message of support ! Take good care of you. We are all with you your content marked us positively so this kind of messages is the bare minimum.
Hey all the best for you and your family! Take your time - your Life and Health is more important than everything else.
take care the best developer!
Thank you, Takuya, for what you're doing. Inkdrop, your twitter, blog, instagram and channel have inspired me so much in both my coding, and everyday life. Before that I thought it was impossible for one person to create something so complex, yet so smooth and thought-out. Please, take your time to recover, and get some rest. We'll be eagerly waiting for your return ❤
Hi Takuya, thanks for sharing the hard parts of being a developer, like how to deal with burn out. Hope you feel better soon.
Rest well Takuya, hope this break treats you well both in your health and your mental health! All the best on that front.
Also, I'm a new user to Inkdrop! I really like the app and agree that more educational content would be beneficial in creating new users/maintaining the people on the fence.
I discovered your channel thanks to a TH-cam recommendation about Windows Terminal configuration, and ever since I've been subscribed and watched all of your videos. The work and quality you put in every video is top notch and the fact that you use Neovim makes it even better. In fact, you're one of the reasons why I switched to modal editing. On the other hand, I'm somewhat rudimentary in terms of "managing knowledge", so I basically save every website that I find interesting in my bookmarks and that's pretty much it... so I might not be a target for your app. That being said, I haven't seen your app announced nor recommended anywhere other than in your own channel; perhaps some ads would help together with the how tos that you mention. As a suggestion, it would be nice to see not only the how tos about how to use it, but also how to consume it, like the use cases that would require you to save that knowledge and consume it later in a real life scenario.
Hello, Takuya! I am a developer, and like you, I wanted to create my own app but couldn't imagine doing it successfully on my own. One day, I came across your channel and was very inspired by your experience. I have been working on my app for several years now and this year, I started receiving my first paid subscriptions. Currently, I have been working on a complex refactoring for several months and your videos have been incredibly supportive - they make you feel like it's a normal, challenging but awesome path to achieving results.
Thank you for sharing your experience and inspiring others!
Hey man, I think Obsidian is the best "free" option available for note taking, maybe you should move to another idea, im not sure.
I can't make such an irresponsible decision for my long-time happy customers
That’s far from ideal. There’s enough market for everyone, I personally pay for quality tools. Even my notes app.
That said - in this situation I would narrow down my feature set and bet in quality and a more premium service with a freemium model. Hard to achieve maybe; possible? Yes, 100%.
Long time follower and lurker. Wish you the best! I already tried Inkdrop and loved it. Will be back soon in the near future 💪stay strong
Hey Takuya, I'm a fan from Taiwan. I've always admired you and enjoyed watching your videos. You're an amazing person. I hope you can take good rests and continue moving towards the things you're passionate about. Lastly, I also want to thank you for inspiring my journey in development.❤
Hi Takuya, just saw this video and wanted to mention that watching your videos inspired me to return to coding in my off time (I transitioned from senior dev to product management two years ago). I like your style of videos, working, and overall mentality. If you'd like a fresh perspective to help you funnel some of the possible improvements you're considering let me know, happy to jump in a call with you!
Health and mental state are more critical than MRR or audience on social networks. Great that you identified this problem and took a break.
Your videos are great, but you are absolutely right about the need for more education. Even though we can see you using the app in your videos, there is not much info on exactly how to use it.
I would look at popular note-taking apps like Notion, Obsidian, etc., and popular videos about them. The would do my take on ideas I like and share my own use cases for the app. Implementing storytelling in those videos and sticking with your style would certainly help.
Something like "How I manage notes for my software projects in Inkdrop App" would work.
Sorry to hear that😢. I have still fully supported your software though.
Take care Takuya! 💜
All the best Takuya. For me Inkdrop and your channel helps a lot to be more productive and more importantly, to love more the way I work.
The segment discussing the churn rate of your app is very insightful. Thank you for sharing mr Takuya!
I use this app everyday from creating documentation to creating todo lists. It’s definitely helped me build my markdown skills.
I hope you get the rest you need and start feeling better soon.
Thank you for being so transparent. You are awesome takuya. Please take care.
A free layer! You need!!
We love you Takuya ::)))))) Be healthy and we know you will be back.
Hey takuya, hope that you are okay and thanks for sharing this. A lot of people skip this part and share only the bright side.
昔から使ってます、これからも使います。
ライト層はNotion等に流れているのかも...
ビュアなエンジニアにとっては最高のメモアプリだけど、ライト層にとっては難しく感じるのかもしれないですね。
Takuya Sensei, taking a break is always important, because our health deteriorates with all the stress loads we have as developers. I think a hobby that clears the mind is the best thing to maintain harmony.
I admire him the world over.
Take care of yourself.
You inspired me before to start being better at note-taking, and it is paying back already!
Takuya, your are a great developer! I believe you will overcome all problems you will face. I agree with you than you need to make more contents/tutorials on how to use your app Inkdrop. Maybe also you can teach some basic markdown techniques. Thank you for sharing, take care!
As ex engineers i would say.. Burnout is a real thing. Understand that user churn out is something you can't control. Instead of focus heavily on something you can't control, think what you can control. Without getting worried about results. Remember, you can only work as hard as you can but the result is always in hands of Allah and He knows best.
Go to the gym, meditație, run do suff too help you to stop thinking what is rong to your work. Let the brain think for is own path and you got the answer. But do sport and you see a lot will change and Take care of what you eat that also can make you stres out.
My guy. You don''t own anyone anything. Rest up and get better ;)
All the best Takuya san. As developers, we all experiencing this more than one time :(
For me, when I feel burnout, I take a break and try to focus on other things I am passionate about in life. This helps me push dev to the back until I naturally get drawn to it again.
インクドロップが好きで、そのアプリを重宝してますので、健康を優先しながら、インクドロップを開発し続けて下さい！
いい夏休みになりますように😊
Hey Takuya, I have some quick feedback on the app. I used the app from 2021 to 2022, but I ended up switching to another app. However, with all the recent work and updates I've seen, I wanted to give it another try. Unfortunately, I noticed that I couldn't access the old information I had in the app without paying. Honestly, this was a turnoff for me. How can I store my data in an app that locks it unless I pay? I'm not asking for full access without payment, but I should at least be able to view or retrieve my data as a non-paying customer. This is a major drawback for me. I think you should offer a free tier version so that anyone can access and test the app. I know you currently have a 30-day free trial, but that means users only have 30 days to use it and either pay or lose their stored data. I suggest eliminating the 30-day limit and implementing a free tier. These are just some quick feedback points. Best of luck!
Hope you recover Takuya!!! We are all supporting you1
dont give up takuya , we love u!
Thisi the right path. Not the features.
Great video. Do you think the 16 inch Macbook Pro is still as mobile as the 14 inch? I'm planning to get it but I'm afraid it might be too big.
Get well soon man!
take care, takuya! hope you get rest
Dev as life and burnout are basically synonyms. 😅 such is our path.
Thanks for sharing the story.
Take care!! ❤
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Will be giving Inkdrop a try! Been looking for a note taking application that is more targeted at developers. The note taking space is very competitive so I think anything you can do to make your application stick out would be beneficial. If developers / technical users is your target audience shaping your marketing and educational materials around them would probably go a long way. I will try to share any feedback I have as I learn the application and try to apply it to my daily workflow. Enjoy your break and get some much needed rest!
Even a month late, hope everything is better now
Thank you for the update Takuya, have you considered accepting donations from fans? Like a Patreon? I think this approach of showing the benefits of the app will definitely get more users to stay, I hope you get some rest, and can enjoy what you do again. :)
May God see you through
cheer up !!!
happens to the best of us !
Burnouts sucks, it’s like you have shutdown and you have lost your passion thanks for sharing
Maybe create another product? Cant put all eggs in one basket. I hope for better times ahead.
Sounds like about time to increase your team, the technical debt is growing too large to a point where it takes too much time to fix. I think time is costing you customers and that is bad. Take a one time break short term, look for more members and then go from there.
btw your English improved a lot, keep it up, no more uhh fillers (I have this problem myself as well).
Take a break and hang out ,
Recently I tried your application, iOS and Windows apps was working great, I just want to ask three question which I didn't can resolve myself.
1) I want to find all notes with tag A which has status Active. How can I do it?
2) I want to add additional statuses instead of 4 defaults (Active, On Hold, Completed, Dropped). How can I do it?
3) Do you have any Kandan or other todo boards which can track one tag for example?
Take it easy. Take breaks when you need. Focus on your spiritual side a lot more.