The note keeps up
with the work.

Draft a paragraph, check off a step, drop in the query, sketch the diagram - without leaving the page.

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Ink portrait of a samurai in profile

The punctuation you already type.

Markdown works mid-sentence. Nothing to select, nothing to click.

# Import rewrite
Batch of **200** now runs in `14m`.
## Still open
[x] backfill the old rows
[ ] delete the retry queue
1. drop the ~~nightly~~ hourly job
2. point staging at the new table
Worth reading before you start:
- [the runbook](/runbook)
- the *silent* retry thread
``` rake import:run --batch=200 ```
> Ask ops - ***not*** reversible.
Import rewrite
Batch of 200 now runs in 14m.
Still open
backfill the old rows
delete the retry queue
1.drop the nightly hourly job
2.point staging at the new table
Worth reading before you start:
•the runbook
•the silent retry thread
rake import:run --batch=200
Ask ops - not reversible.

Type / and the block lands here.

Keep typing and the list narrows to the block you meant.

A picnic plan takes shape from an empty note. Typing /h inserts the heading “Saturday, outside”. Typing /check adds a checklist: pick a spot by the river and bring something to share. Typing /table opens the size picker; two columns and four rows become a schedule for market and coffee at 10:00, a picnic at 12:00, and the long way home at 15:00.

Change your mind without retyping it.

Select a phrase and the toolbar comes to the text. Grab a block by its handle and it lands where you drop it, formatting and all.

A three-line checklist being revised. Selecting the words “release branch” brings up a toolbar offering bold, italic, inline code and a link; bold is pressed and the phrase thickens. The handle beside that line is then grabbed and the line is dropped above “Write the changelog.”, still bold.

Some things are faster drawn.

The same whiteboard that lives inside a note - yours to scribble on.

Opening the canvas

A note holds more than sentences.

The things you would otherwise keep beside a document live inside it here, as blocks you insert the same way as a heading.

Code keeps its language.

Type three backticks, or pick Code from the menu. The block's own header names the language and the highlighting follows it, so a SQL query and a Ruby class don't read the same.

Pictures stay where you dropped them.

Drop an image into the note and it uploads in place, at the line you were writing. It holds that position in the text rather than collecting somewhere at the bottom.

Files travel with the writing.

Anything else goes in as a file block - its name, its size, and a download for whoever opens the note. The spec and the thing it describes stop being two links in two apps.

Set the lights how you like them.

Bright white to near black, or whatever your system is set to.

The useful answers.

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Do I need to know Markdown?

No. The shortcuts are there if you want them. Every block is also one / away.

Which blocks are available?

Headings, text, bulleted and numbered lists, checklists, quotes, dividers, code, tables, columns, drawings, images, and downloadable files are included.

What can the table do?

You pick its size when you insert it. After that a row or column is added from the table's edge, removed from the cell menu, and dragged into a new order by its handle. Columns share the width evenly.

Which languages does the code block highlight?

Bash, C, C++, CSS, Go, HTML, Java, JavaScript, JSON, Markdown, Objective-C, PowerShell, Python, Ruby, Rust, SQL, Swift, TypeScript, XML and YAML - plus plain text for anything not on the list. The language is picked from the block's own header and stays with it.

Can I change how wide the page is?

Yes. The note menu offers a narrow and a wide page, and the choice is remembered for every note you open. The bar under the editor keeps a live word count and reading time beside the save status.

Does it save while I write?

Yes. Notes save as you type, and a status line under the editor tells you whether the current version is saved.

Does the editor work on a phone?

Yes, including the block menu and the formatting toolbar. The drag handle needs a pointer, so blocks are reordered at a computer. Bricknote is designed first for writing at one.

Nothing to set up. Just the note.

Every block on this page is already in your editor, one / away. Start with the sentence in your head and reach for the rest when you need it.

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