I've spent three years trying to make other people's AI note apps work for me. This summer I'm taking things into my own hands.
Every app I tried felt like wearing someone else's glasses.
The slick ones. The structured ones. The "integrated" ones with assistants baked in.
Last week I realized why.
They all bundle three things that shouldn't be bundled if you want true control of your knowledge.
Where your knowledge lives.
How you write and browse it. (And how you structure it)
How AI reads it.
Most apps treat these as one product. So when one layer fails, the whole thing fails with it.
The way out is three separate tools, each doing one job well.
Your files in one place you control.
Your editor chosen because it fits how you structure things.
Your AI reading from those files, not owning them.
I'm building this for myself this month. More to come, including how information typing fits in.
What's the AI note tool you keep trying to love and can't?