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## The origin story:
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After leaving a career in software to focus on a model of relativity related to my formal education in physics and astrophysics I became increasingly frustrated by existing note taking options. I eventually gave up on existing note taking applications, and decided to build my own personal app that would be focused around my workflow as an independent researcher. After almost 3 years of research this personal app grew and grew, and I eventually decided to rework that app into an open source framework focused around extensibility and the workflow of a modern student, academic, researcher or STEM professional.
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## Why choose UhLittleLessDum:
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- [x] Write your notes in modern markdown, [mdx](https://mdxjs.com). All of the simplicity of markdown with the ability to embed entire react components.
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- [x] Take advantage of mdx by embedding:
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- [x] Videos with the ability to link to specific time stamps elsewhere in your notes.
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- [x] Jupyter cells and notebooks, either embedded within a mdx note or as a standalone component.
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- [x] Pdf's, both embedded directly within a note or as a standalone component with support for multiple views
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- [ ] While linking an mdx note to a PDF is currently very straightforward, an improved annotation experience is planned for the near future.
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- [x] During the conversion of this framework from a personal tool to an open sources framework, my focus was on the ease of extensibility. Anyone familiar with React, Node, or even just Css can extend this app by creating their own plugin, and simplying adding that plugin to their configuration file. Developers can add:
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- [x] During the conversion of this framework from a personal tool to an open sources framework, my focus was on the ease of extensibility. Anyone familiar with React, Node, or even just Css can extend this app by creating their own plugin, and simply adding that plugin to their configuration file. Developers can add:
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- [ ] Embeddable components
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- [ ] Slot components (Override existing components that appear elsewhere in the app, outside of a user's note)
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- [ ] Command palette actions

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