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Nick Mikulin

Something from Your Mind - Minimalistic space for reflections, stored in your browser

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A one-page space to collect your thoughts and revisit them for reflection. No sign-up, no sync. Choose your mood, add a tag, and write. The data is securely stored locally in your browser using IndexedDB and can be exported whenever needed.

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Nick Mikulin
Maker
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I was looking for a minimalistic reflection app — something light and clean. No need for an account, no subscriptions, no affirmations or advice. Just a place to write things down as they appear in my head. Plus, it feels safer knowing my reflections aren’t uploaded anywhere. I couldn’t find anything simple enough, so I decided to create it myself over a weekend. Pure HTML/JS/CSS combined with the browser’s local IndexedDB. In the end, it took a weekend plus a couple of late evenings, but I’m glad it’s complete enough.
annedevj
💎 Pixel perfection
This is the cutest journaling reflection app, really clear and pretty, makes me relaxed and feel like in a safe space just looking at it 😄 Just one comment, when I added a prompt without picking an emoji first it took me a few seconds to understand why my comment wasn't saved, and that I needed to pick a mood first Otherwise I love the simplicity of it ❤️
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@annedevj Thanks a lot, Anne! If you feel this way, I’m confident that I’ve reached my goal 🙌 You’re not the first to mention the required mood selection, overlooked it, will fix!
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@annedevj Thanks again for mentioning this, I added a little shake animation to mood selection to show that it's required 🙌
Grigory Silanyan
Just wrote "this is awesome" in the journal and realized how awesome it actually is :D Good job and congratulations @nklmkln ! I genuinely love the concept behind SFYM and bookmarked it for my personal use! Good job again and good luck!
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@grigory_sl thanks, Grigory, means a lot!
Jim H.
💡 Bright idea
@nklmkln Congratulations on launching your minimalistic reflection app! Your focus on simplicity and privacy is commendable. To enhance the user experience, consider refining the note-taking and retrieval process. Additionally, it might be beneficial to incorporate a simple encryption feature or backup reminder for added security. How have you found the balance between minimalism and functionality in your app, and do you have plans for future iterations to improve user engagement?
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@zephyrion Thanks a lot for feedback, backup reminder is a great idea! To be honest, I wanted to build something I would use myself. Accounts, subscriptions, cloud storage, heavy UI just distract us from journaling, so I basically tried to remove all of it and place what's left on one single page. As for improvements, I'm thinking about more complex filters based on dates and lightweight search options.
toniko
💡 Bright idea
Love this minimalistic approach! The focus on keeping things simple and secure is just what I’ve been looking for. Any plans to support customize emoji?
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@toniko thanks! I had an idea of introducing themes where you could personalize emojis and colors a bit. Thanks for the feedback!
Nilsa Hembree
Loving the simplicity and no-fuss approach of this new tool, really nice for those of us who just want to jot down thoughts without any hassle, could you consider adding a dark mode or even some basic formatting options to spice things up, kudos to the team for keeping it straightforward and useful 🙌
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@nilsa_hembree Thanks! Dark mode is there, it’s automatic based on your device appearance settings 🙌 I will consider adding some formatting options, thanks for the feedback!
Alexia Borg
While the concept is cool, I'm not sure how practical it is without any sync feature, people might prefer something that works across all devices, the local storage might be risky too if you lose your device or switch browsers
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@atomleader Agree that it can be limiting, but there’s plenty of tools that require accounts and subs. Because it’s more a personal and fun project, I wanted to bring some old-school on-device vibes to it. But thanks for the input! I will consider at least some automatic backup reminders and simple options to sync the data if users opt-in for it.
Star Boat
Love the concept of "Something from Your Mind"! The minimalistic design really stands out—it's so refreshing to see a tool that allows you to focus purely on your thoughts without distractions. Can’t wait to give it a try! 🌟
Kyrylo Silin
Hey Nick, I like the minimalist approach here. Do you have any plans to add basic search functionality to find past entries more easily? Congrats on the launch!
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@kyrylosilin hello, Kyrylo! Thanks! For now I just use browser search with CMD+F because it’s all on one page, but I’m thinking about search options, little mood calendar and also date filtering. Figuring out how to do it elegantly enough so it’s still light one-pager
Gil Zissu
I love the simplicity, the illustrations are also great! 👏
Richard Song
The focus on simplicity and privacy is spot-on, @nklmkln! "Something from Your Mind" is exactly what I needed to declutter my thoughts. I’m curious, do you have plans to integrate basic editing tools like bold or italic text to enhance the journaling experience while keeping it minimalistic?
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@renchu_song Richard, thanks! I did not do any formatting on purpose because it's more for writing down shorter thoughts and insights, but formatting tools are totally possible depending on users' feedback!
Frankie Amoah
This is the definition of simple! And simple wins anytime, any day Congratulations
Liam Hampton
Another minimalistic note-taking tool, huh? Seems like this is just another version of Google Keep or Evernote but with less functionality, no sign-up and local storage sound nice but isn't really a unique selling point in 2023, curious how this is supposed to stand out, good luck with that.
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@cloudcraftsman thanks! Totally not trying to replace notes here, it’s just a fun and separate space purely for reflections with mood and tag filtering 🙌
Kavya Tripathi
Minimalist design is sooo beautiful ✨ Congratulations
HackerQED
Interesting local first design decisions, and a neat UI, makes me think about Excallidraw. Wish your product great growth and success
Konstantin Malkov
Love the simplicity of web app and mellow interface 😍
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@vctnson Thanks! I like the word mellow 😀
Dimitri
I absolutely adore app ideas like this!!
Nick Mikulin
Maker
@dmtrh thank you, Dmitrii!
Shushant Lakhyani
Productivity enthusiasts would like using this
Kate Prasniak
Congratulations on the launch! What a cool minimalist design and cute logo, keep it up
Jackieline Cosares
I really appreciate the minimalistic approach and the focus on privacy, no sign-ups or syncing sounds perfect for keeping things personal. How customizable is it in terms of tags or moods?