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__warlord__
Yesterday, I was thinking about building something like this that could also search through my Bear notes and my zsh history, along with other sources.

It would even let me search my query history (but in a smarter way, I promise).

The idea is to:

1. Make it easier to find what I’ve already looked up, so when I search for something I’ve done before, I can quickly pull up what I found or did. 2. If not found locally, to combine several LLMs and search engines at the same time.

theoreticalmal
Not to hijack the intent of your comment, but I’ve been thinking about switching to Bear from Apple Notes. Do you have any experience or opinions between the two?
__warlord__
I like Apple Notes because it has some nice features, and the best part is that Spotlight can search for text inside any note, even in attachments, which makes finding things super easy.

The main reason I use Bear is for its markdown support. I write a lot of technical docs for $dayjob and side projects, so it’s a must-have for me.

If Apple Notes ever adds Markdown support (or at least proper code snippets), then bye bye to Bear.