I'm currently working toward a super-stripped-down alpha (because otherwise I would spiral into making it perfect and it would never come out) if anyone is interested in giving it a try once I deploy it. Keep in mind that when I say it's stripped down, I mean it. You can look at the attached images to see just how barebones it is. It's not going to be much more than what's already there.

It's going to be free while I consider it still an "alpha" and before I add any features that would cost me significant money. (OCRing images isn't cheap) People who make an account during this period of time will get a flag for some kind of bonus that I haven't decided yet.

Some caveats:

* I'm a solo dev making effectively a side project alpha. I don't recommend using this for anything particularly important yet. (I also haven't taken any VC funding, so that's a plus)
* __NOTE ARE NOT END TO END ENCRYPTED__. This means I can technically read anything you put into this, but __I don't want to__. Do what you're comfortable with.
* I'm an American, so if you're trying to stay away from American tech right now, don't sign up.
* I have time to work on this right now, but if I suddenly get a job then it's going to be way harder for me to do so. I'll post about that if this changes.

Some positives:

* I f***ing hate AI, so as long as I'm the one making this, it will never be part of it.
* I f***ing hate AI, so I'm writing all the code myself.
* I'm doing this myself, so I'm not beholden to a board of people demanding more profits in shady ways.
* I f***ing hate tracking, ads, etc. so I'm not going to track you or sell any information you put into this. You can use something limited for free, or pay me to do more. That's it.
* I care, DEEPLY, about things working and performing well. I'm not going to be perfect, but I'm making something _I_ want to use, so I'm going to do my best to meet my own standards.

Oh in case you're curious about the tech stack:

* Django for the backend
* SolidJS for the frontend

I might usually use Go for the backend, but Django just has too many things built in for me to ignore when I want just want to get something done. I can add/rewrite to Go later on if necessary. I don't want to care about figuring out things like database migrations or authorization, I just want Django to handle that for me.

I originally wanted to use Svelte for the UI, but SolidJS was easier to get a single JS file out of so I could serve it from Django itself. Things that want to run their own static file server (like Svelte) just don't quite work with how I'm using Django.