{"slug": "show-hn-mib-a-300kib-vim-style-markdown-scratchpad-for-linux-wayland", "title": "Show HN: Mib – A 300KiB Vim-Style Markdown Scratchpad for Linux / Wayland", "summary": "A developer released mib, a Vim-style Markdown scratchpad for Linux/Wayland that stays under 1MiB (currently under 300KiB) and offers 9 fixed pages with no files or folders to organize. The developer stated the project is \"100% AI generated (Claude and Codex)\" while being hand-directed toward a minimal footprint, positioning it as a fully local native alternative to Obsidian's multiple Electron processes for throwaway notes. The Show HN post drew 2 points and 0 comments.", "body_md": "I tend to make a lot of scratch notes as a way to help me think. These usually don't last very long and what does survive usually ends up in a git repo, a wiki or (most often) just gets thrown away.\n\nI was using Obsidian for this, but gosh, 4 or 5 Electron processes just for throwaway notes seemed like overkill. Neovim is a better fit but I like it just the way it is for coding and didn't want to install any image plug-ins for that.\n\nmib is a bit like a basic Vim editor, with a few Obsidian features cherry-picked and a workflow optimized around scratch notes (with just 9 glorious pages - no files or folders to organize).\n\nIt's called \"mib\" because it is, and always will be under 1MiB (currently < 300KiB). Its a fully local, native app that is smaller than some JavaScript frameworks.\n\nDisclosure: I still write a lot of code by hand but this project is 100% AI generated (Claude and Codex). I was a tough taskmaster though - we worked through a lot of approaches to arrive at something this small.\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50456803](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50456803)\n\nPoints: 2\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mib-a-300kib-vim-style-markdown-scratchpad-for-linux-wayland", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/osigurdson/mib", "published_at": "2026-11-11 18:33:24+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-11 18:50:53.447098+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "generative-ai", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["mib", "Obsidian", "Neovim", "Claude", "Codex", "Linux", "Wayland"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mib-a-300kib-vim-style-markdown-scratchpad-for-linux-wayland", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mib-a-300kib-vim-style-markdown-scratchpad-for-linux-wayland.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mib-a-300kib-vim-style-markdown-scratchpad-for-linux-wayland.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mib-a-300kib-vim-style-markdown-scratchpad-for-linux-wayland.jsonld"}}