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nunezyesterday at 7:05 PM0 repliesview on HN

I'm a simple man. I see a post about the reMarkable; I comment.

Buying this damn thing has been a life-changer.

I could never get on with physical notebooks, as I always lost them and searching for stuff was a chore.

It's an amazing companion for keeping track of everything I've written down, especially with the newest update that can _actually_ search handwritten content (instead of content that was typed, which previous versions were restricted to).

I especially appreciate the reMarkable team for sticking to their position of making the reMarkable a notetaking only device, even when it's inconvenient.

The reMarkable has been ESPECIALLY helpful for tracking my workouts. I've powerlifted for a long time and have experienced the rise and fall (or subscription-laden feature bloat and enshittification, more like) of The Apps™ (JEFIT, Strong, Hevy). More specifically, I like to leave my phone at home when I visit the gym, and none of these apps have provided a good experience on the Apple Watch.

Tracking my workouts on paper became increasingly attractive over the years; maintaining a small mountain of notebooks was not.

The reMarkable completely and elegantly solved this problem. I have a template I developed two years ago that works for my programs, and moving that data into a Google Sheet (whenever I get around to it) should be easy (though it's a lot of data, so it will take a long time).