I have it all written down
My projects page has had an "Unknown" card with the status "idea" for a while. Time to tell what hides behind it.
What we are building
A comfortable note-keeping system. It remembers everything, finds things fast, and keeps them structured:
- you write a note — text or a voice message — and it gets stored in a structured way;
- search works not only over text but over meaning; navigation through notes is comfortable, and the system is built for an endlessly growing body of knowledge;
- you can run your finances, nutrition and habit tracking through it — any structured data with your own templates;
- access via Telegram and a web page — and in both you can talk to agents that know their way around your data;
- the data is easy to sync and update — so working locally with your own AI agents is comfortable too. All of it fully private;
- reports: say, a weekly finance digest — it arrives by itself, already counted.
Why
Because I have not found a comfortable and cheap solution with this kind of integrations on the market. Note apps exist, trackers exist, agents exist — but all in one place, inside your messenger and painless? No.
One small thing left: the name
All the usual SaaS names are taken — and worn out, frankly. I want something of our own — pan-Slavic. Two criteria:
- the meaning fits the product;
- an English speaker can read it without suffering.
The candidates:
Zapisano — "it is written down". The frontrunner: I get to say "I have it all zapisano" — haha. Downside: the leading Z with its well-known associations.
Svedeno — "brought together / reconciled". Sounds neat, but the meaning is less obvious even to Russian speakers.
Zametano — "deal / noted" (colloquial). Fun and casual, but opaque to Czechs and Poles. And the Z again.
Letopis — "chronicle". A common Slavic word with a beautiful meaning — the chronicle of your life. Easy to read. Downside: slightly bookish.
Pamet — "memory" in Czech, Bulgarian and Serbian. Short, straight to the point, easy to read. Downside: in Russian it can be misread as "droppings" — which is possibly also an upside.
Vedomo — "known / in the know". About knowledge: everything is vedomo. Short and readable. Downside: the meaning doesn't click instantly.
Sohrano — "saved". The meaning is dead-on, easy to read, and it almost sounds like Soprano — memorable. Downside: it really does sound almost like Soprano.
Pomni — "remember!". Short, impossible to misread. Downside: it's the system that should remember, not you. Also the Pomni character from that famous cartoon.
Spomin — "memory / recollection" in Slovenian. A warm meaning, easy to read. Downside: not instantly clear to a Russian ear.
Skladno — "neatly, in good order", with a bonus echo of sklad — a warehouse of knowledge. Easy to read. Downside: it is an adverb, so it reads less like a product name than the rest.
The poll is anonymous, one vote per browser. Comments are open — if you have a better option, bring it.