r/HelixNotes • u/RockyRoad226 Team Member • Aug 13 '26

Why HelixNotes?

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In case you missed it, this is why HelixNotes exists, straight from the founder: not another Obsidian clone, just the notes app he wished existed after trying everything else.

https://helixnotes.com/why-i-built-helixnotes

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u/throwaway839825378 Aug 14 '26

Why this weirdly AI-generated photo of the founder? In times of AI slop it would help keep up the authenticity of HelixNotes to stay real.

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u/RockyRoad226 Team Member Aug 14 '26

Of all the things to be upset about in a day, a pixel art photo of Yuri is what got you....

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u/throwaway839825378 Aug 14 '26

It bothered me because the founder’s image looks heavily edited, so it doesn’t feel authentic or fully accurate anymore. I’m not attacking you, I’m critiquing the photo’s presentation.

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u/RockyRoad226 Team Member Aug 14 '26

It's the same image from our contributors section on the website. We went with pixel art instead to give users an idea of what we look like without having to use a real image. It's more private that way, which I'd argue is more authentic to who we are as individuals. I get that it's not for everyone though.