New App: Bike by Hog Bay

I have pretty much bought everything he has developed, starting with Mori (Hogbay Notebook). Writeroom, Quick cursor, Folding Text and task paper.

He seems to get very excited then he either abandons it, sells it or innovation slows to a standstill.

Mori was a brilliant and simple notebook, but he sold it and the new owner did nothing with it

Writeroom was possibly one the first distraction free text editors on the market, but in a world where plain text/markdown is so popular he hasn’t updated it in nine years.

Then there was the “will he won’t he” over Folding Text three (typically it turned out to be …sort of).

Even Task paper updates are slowing and he pulled the iOS version (as he did with write room)

I like his software (and I appreciate he is a small developer), and I have bought it all - but they all seem to die a slow death. No doubt Bike will be brilliant, but I have been burnt enough times.

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