Quo vadis, Roamresearch? Delta or Beta?

Update: Check the great discussion on this topic on Twitter. The author of Roam — Conor White-Sullivan — makes many good points there in response to this story.

Original story:

I will not lie. I am getting a little bit upset at Roam. I still really, really, really like it. I still think it is revolutionary and it is a great tool. Nevertheless, there is a little bit of disappointment growing in myself. The reason? It is more beta than it was a couple of months ago.

Let me explain it. When I joined the Roam, I knew it was beta — or sometimes almost alpha. The loading times were so much worse than today, frequent backups were necessary, and I was often unsure, whether my changes were saved at all. But the simplicity of the design was overhelming: write [[ ]] and you create either a link to an existing page or you create a new page. Write # and you have a tag. The beauty: Tags are the same thing as pages! And you can rename a page or a tag anytime. Moreover, there are no folders, just the connections you create. This is simply fantastic.

Now add blocks to the soup: You can refer to them by typing (( )) in a similar way as to pages, and they are almost the same thing as pages. You can refer to them, you can embed them, you can do so much fun stuff with them. Add a little bit of spice, e.g., simple yet…