A person describes recurring "Emacs Fatigue" - a weariness from using Emacs and text files for everything - and tries to migrate their notes into Bear. Bear proves appealing: clean, simple, inexpensive, syncs across macOS and iOS for free, and stores notes in an SQLite database. The attraction is tempered by a sense of app lock‑in: although the database itself is fine, having all notes inside a single application creates the same dependence the writer felt with Org mode. Platform limitations also matter; Bear's macOS/iOS exclusivity clashes with an ongoing pull toward Linux.
Rather than fully abandoning Emacs, the person pivots to Denote, which handles Markdown natively. Because Bear stores notes as Markdown, they exported the notes and used a conversion script - assisted by Claude Code - to fix filenames, links, and attachments, then toggled an Emacs configuration to restore their workflow. The attempt to leave Emacs thus ends with a return, and the writer considers building a sync/bridge between Denote and Bear to reconcile Bear's polish with Emacs's flexibility.
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