[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":182},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-why-limited-customization":3,"related-why-integrations-why-individuals-why-offline-first":55},{"id":4,"title":5,"authorKey":6,"body":7,"category":33,"date":34,"dateFormatted":35,"description":36,"extension":37,"icon":38,"iconColor":38,"imagePath":39,"keywords":40,"meta":44,"navigation":45,"path":46,"readingTime":47,"relatedArticles":48,"seo":52,"stem":53,"__hash__":54},"blog/blog/why-limited-customization.md","Why we limit customization","steffen",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":29},"minimark",[10,14,17,20,23,26],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Capacities is a personal tool. It’s the app you work in, it's where you are creative and productive. It's the Studio for your Mind. And because this is so personal, it needs to feel like an extension of yourself. It needs to feel natural and beautiful. There should be no friction.",[11,15,16],{},"So, there are a lot of arguments for allowing you to customize your tools. And we allow you to make some decisions – many, to be honest. And these customizations are important.",[11,18,19],{},"Nevertheless, you cannot customize everything. We purposely make a few decisions for you because customization also comes with a high cost.",[11,21,22],{},"Having options in life leads to decision fatigue. It's easier for us in a restaurant with a small menu to decide what we want than in a restaurant with many options. And most of the time, we're happier afterward.",[11,24,25],{},"Making decisions drains your energy. It might not be noticeable, but if you have to make a micro decision every few keystrokes while taking notes, it shifts your focus away from the actual work. By making decisions for you through a constrained tool, it will be easier for you to get your work done.",[11,27,28],{},"We try to make sensible decisions; we invest a lot of time and research into designing features and workflows. Capacities is not perfect yet; a lot can be improved. But it's one of our central values for building Capacities. We want you to focus on what’s important to you, endless customization might not be the best path to doing meaningful work.",{"title":30,"searchDepth":31,"depth":31,"links":32},"",2,[],"team-product","2024-08-05","August 5, 2024","Plugins, integrations, settings, and more. 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Here's what this means and some quick comments on our decision-making.",[11,65,66],{},"Integrations are connections to other apps and services so you can interact with Capacities from outside of the app. Our Raycast integration, for example, allows you to search and open content from everywhere on your Mac. Our WhatsApp integration allows you to quickly capture some ideas while on the go.",[11,68,69],{},"Integrations are not plugins. Plugins change the app itself. They, for example, add an extra button to the app or change its appearance. There are good arguments for allowing plugins, but we explicitly decided not to support them as we think that this offers too many degrees of freedom, introduces issues and unwanted behavior, and, in the end, stops us from getting work done.",[11,71,72],{},"But, we added integrations. Integrations connect your workflows and allow access to Capacities whenever you need it and wherever you need it. They remove friction, streamline workflows, and automate tedious tasks.",[11,74,75],{},"We're just at the beginning of our journey with integrations, and we'll add many more over time. Think of Capacities being connected to your calendar, your readings and highlights, and much more! The Capacities API is an invitation to the developer community to connect Capacities to all the apps and systems we use every day. We're excited about your ideas!",[11,77,78],{},[79,80,81,82,89],"em",{},"If you want to know more, you can read about our contribution guidelines ",[83,84,88],"a",{"href":85,"rel":86},"https://docs.capacities.io/reference/integrations/community/contribute",[87],"nofollow","here",".",{"title":30,"searchDepth":31,"depth":31,"links":91},[],"2024-05-23","May 23, 2024","We recently launched the Capacities API in beta and introduced community integrations.","/blog/why-integrations.jpg",[97,98,99],"integrations","API","community",{},"/blog/why-integrations","2 min",[104,51,105],"why-ai-chat","how-it-started",{"title":58,"description":94},"blog/why-integrations","FvVCUzunkMcs1q0yPTqulLO5dEoOj1b6uMwcswBDFvQ",{"id":110,"title":111,"authorKey":6,"body":112,"category":33,"date":131,"dateFormatted":132,"description":133,"extension":37,"icon":38,"iconColor":38,"imagePath":134,"keywords":135,"meta":138,"navigation":45,"path":139,"readingTime":47,"relatedArticles":140,"seo":141,"stem":142,"__hash__":143},"blog/blog/why-individuals.md","Why we focus on individuals",{"type":8,"value":113,"toc":129},[114,117,120,123,126],[11,115,116],{},"Almost all knowledge work today involves some sort of exchange between people. We collaborate, share, iterate, and discuss ideas – but a lot happens before that.",[11,118,119],{},"We collect ideas, capture learnings, prepare drafts, and externalize thoughts. These are all very personal processes. We don't want to share them, nor would we save them in a team wiki. These processes are fun and exciting, sometimes messy. They include a lot of tinkering and creative thinking.",[11,121,122],{},"Many people struggle with that: How do I keep what I read? Where can I capture all the inspirations and interesting thoughts I encounter? How do I organize them when I learn something in an unknown domain? How do I explore my content? And then, most importantly, how do I find something again when I need it? How do I create value from all my stuff when I start a project?",[11,124,125],{},"This is a largely unsolved problem. I barely know people who say that they are happy with organizing their digital data and knowledge. It's an incredibly complicated problem. That's what fascinates us about it. It's the challenge we decided to tackle. It's the problem we want to solve.",[11,127,128],{},"This challenge fascinates us. It is the problem we decided to tackle, and the one we are committed to solving.",{"title":30,"searchDepth":31,"depth":31,"links":130},[],"2024-05-29","May 29, 2024","We often receive questions about why we don't offer Capacities for teams. Let us explain.","/blog/why-individuals.jpg",[41,136,137],"individuals","personal",{},"/blog/why-individuals",[104,51,105],{"title":111,"description":133},"blog/why-individuals","Q7xza40jTaYzU5ouJm_czZIk3mFhJw8ZD8-TInlURNs",{"id":145,"title":146,"authorKey":6,"body":147,"category":33,"date":167,"dateFormatted":168,"description":169,"extension":37,"icon":38,"iconColor":38,"imagePath":170,"keywords":171,"meta":174,"navigation":45,"path":175,"readingTime":176,"relatedArticles":177,"seo":179,"stem":180,"__hash__":181},"blog/blog/why-offline-first.md","Why Capacities will become offline-first",{"type":8,"value":148,"toc":165},[149,152,155,158],[11,150,151],{},"Offline-first for us means that you can work with Capacities on your device without access to the internet. We decided to prioritize this for two reasons:",[11,153,154],{},"First, nobody likes loading spinners. We want the tools we use to work at the speed of our thoughts. Waiting interrupts our flow and our focus, and that's unacceptable for us.",[11,156,157],{},"Second, thousands of people rely on Capacities to get critical work done every day. Technology should never stop you from doing that.",[11,159,160,161,89],{},"You can already use Capacities without an internet connection today, but not all features are available. We're gradually introducing more offline support over time. If you're interested, you can read about our roadmap here: ",[83,162,163],{"href":163,"rel":164},"https://docs.capacities.io/misc/offline-support",[87],{"title":30,"searchDepth":31,"depth":31,"links":166},[],"2024-05-02","May 2, 2024","We recently committed to transforming Capacities into an offline-first application.","/blog/why-offline-first.jpg",[172,173],"offline first","software development",{},"/blog/why-offline-first","1 min",[104,178,105],"building-capacities",{"title":146,"description":169},"blog/why-offline-first","EwhIZ4kiWfuIdlF5t7QKwTcVdErTSO22oPIWtymYvtQ",1779355270226]