Why I built a tactile desktop tear-off notepad with Tauri v2 and Rust instead of Electron

Whenever I needed to jot down a quick two-minute thought or run a quick inline calculation, opening full workspace apps felt excessive. I didn't need relational databases, complex workspaces, or 400MB of background RAM usage—I just wanted a scratchpad that sits on the desk like a real piece of paper. So I built notey. The physical tear: Tearing off a note plays a crisp audio cue and triggers a confetti pop, then automatically moves the sheet into a searchable local archive so nothing is lost. Micro-utilities: Inline arithmetic evaluation (typing 18 * 6 = computes inline), checklists, and PNG s
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