Ben @dbensic

A task list without time management is like a GPS without a destination—you’ll keep driving, but you’ll never arrive.

Today, we’ve made some big changes to Heptabase. Many of you use Heptabase as your core knowledge base, storing not just notes but also textbooks, research papers, video lectures, and daily journals. Over the past few months, we’ve seen a growing wave of requests for a NotebookLM-like experience right inside Heptabase—one where you can ask anything, and the AI finds and reads your sources to craft trustworthy responses with accurate citations. We're happy to announce that we’ve officially brought this experience to Heptabase—and we’ve even gone beyond it. We’ve fully integrated AI into our built-in note-taking, whiteboarding, PDF reading, and video-watching workflows. This means you can not only ask AI about anything in your knowledge base, but also treat it as a reading partner that explains whatever you’re currently looking at. We’ve implemented this in a way that respects user privacy by self-hosting all data parsing and embedding services. No AI provider can see your data unless you choose to chat with them, and you can always specify what AI can or can’t read. Here are the three major things we’ve shipped in this latest update: First, we’ve introduced a “Research a topic” button on the left sidebar. This opens an interface where you can upload many types of sources: PDFs, YouTube links, documents, images, and more (Web Cards and EPUB support are coming soon!). Once you click “Start Research,” we add them to a new whiteboard as cards, parse PDF contents, and download video transcripts. This allows you to ask AI anything about the whiteboard and get accurate citations pointing back to specific blocks or timestamps in your sources. You can save any AI response as a card with just one click. Second, we’ve given the AI a suite of tools to use during its thinking process. Our AI can search your entire knowledge base using both keyword and semantic search, perform deep search inside specific PDFs, and intelligently decide to read more pages or look for more notes when needed. This becomes especially powerful when you’re using premium models such as Gemini 3.0 Pro, GPT 5.1, or Claude 4.5 Sonnet. In my own testing, it was able to pinpoint the best content across my 8,000 notes and 300 PDFs and use that information to provide answers with citations to specific pages. Third, we’re collaborating with Google to give all Pro subscribers and free trial users a monthly AI credit. You can now chat with the most advanced Google Gemini models at no extra cost. If you hit the monthly limit, you can upgrade to the Premium Plan, which gives you 10× the Pro usage limit plus access to all the latest models from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. This means you can always use the most advanced possible model inside your knowledge base. While we can’t guarantee how much AI credit we’ll be able to provide free trial users over time, we can guarantee that right now—and over the next few months—will be a special period during which free trial users can access the most AI during their trial. If you haven’t tried Heptabase before, now is the best time. There are many tools on the market that allow you to ask AI about your sources, but simply asking AI is not enough to establish a deep understanding of a topic. What matters more is what you do before and after asking AI: READING the sources, WRITING about what you’ve learned in your own words, and MAPPING out how different ideas connect. These fundamental methods for learning and research remain irreplaceable if you truly want to master something. That’s why a great PDF reader, a rich text editor, and a powerful whiteboard matter. While Heptabase already has some of the best features in these categories, we’re now combining the strengths of knowledge management and AI to create the best possible environment for learning and research. We’ve updated our website slogan to “Master anything you learn. Do your best research with AI.” We’re excited about everything we’ll be shipping in the upcoming months—features we believe will help you understand and create knowledge in ways you never thought possible.

Thank you for positioning 🎙️0800-DEVOPS in your top 25% podcasts!!! 🙏 Find it in your favorite podcast app.

🎢 Clarisse Crémer a failli ne jamais prendre le départ du @VendeeGlobe 1/ Samedi 9 novembre, la veille du départ, tout semble prêt sur @LOccitane_FR . @ClaSurLAtlantiq se repose. Mais à 20h, son équipe technique découvre un problème: le radar est en panne. 😳

How do you apply fundamental DevOps principles to an enterprise environment in which tens of thousands of developers contribute to dozens of products used by hundreds of thousands of customers? And is there a better example than Red Hat? I think not! Come: lu.ma/qen9usbk

CROZ as you know it can't be reached right now, please call back later. 🤫📞 #StayTuned

🚀 New 0800-DEVOPS #61 is out - listen to my 🎙 podcast conversation with @samnewman and @M_F_Heiss on the future of software architecture, the return of the Monolith, and the importance of play in the workplace! #devops #engineeringmanagement croz.net/news/0800-devo…

Last week we had amazing time learning about DORA and NIS2 regulations. #trailblazers

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Today, we had the opportunity to mingle with students from Osijek at a special IBM Mainframe Hackathon! Our colleague Filip Đuričković, had a lecture about his professional journey to the mainframe, from summer internships to his first job in the field. #mainframehackaton

“The real differentiator today is not the technology itself, but the capacity to navigate the vast amount of new technology and embrace what is needed, when needed.” –@ikrnic of @croz_hr, here to convince everyone to throw an internal hackathon #DOES23

Ready to tackle complex projects like a pro? Join @dmurat101 at #AxonIQCon2023 as he dives into how strategic DDD can simplify the seemingly impossible. Learn how to navigate complexity & achieve clarity with ease. Get your tickets today: hubs.li/Q01-YKcl0

What are Enabling Teams? What kind of people do you need in them? What is the ROI on Enabling Teams? How do you start with Enabling Teams in an organization? 😮 I enjoyed recording a new 🎙️0800-DEVOPS podcast episode with @manupaisable and @emgsilva, thank you guys!

If you offer managed service and you don't have an #API for it, you are falling short. @kelseyhightower at #qed @croz_hr

Attention all data enthusiasts! 📢 Check out our latest blog post by our data engineer, Ivan Dundovic, on the introduction of dbt. Learn how to get started with dbt, run your first dbt project, and integrate it with Airbyte. 👉 bit.ly/3lmGIc3

⚡ The data blog series concludes with Apicurio Registry Operator, a simple and rapid means of deploying and maintaining Apicurio Registry on Kubernetes or Openshift. Read Branimir's sixth and final blog post! 🔎 bit.ly/3HoJxjJ #apicurio #openshift

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Peace, prosperity and opportunities through #cooperation: this is what the #EU is all about, for over seven decades. Step by step, day by day, project by project, in full openness to the world. #ThisIsTheEU #wef23

World Economic Forum @wef

4 years ago

It's day 1 of #wef23, and our first daily podcast of the week is live. Hear from @borgebrende, @LindaLacina, @KayFButterfield, Cathy Li, Joseph Tawadros and James Tawadros on what to expect. weforum.org/agenda/2023/01…

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Announcing another series of data blogs! 😎 In the first of five blogs, our Ivan focuses on ELT with modern data technologies like Airbyte, Airflow, dbt, and Python. Find out more: bit.ly/3QtGKtG

Thank you all for coming! 👏 It was wonderful to see so many people and we're already planning the next episode... real people, real experience.

Trailblazers @Trailblazersdev

4 years ago

Full house at our very first #Trailblazers meetup! 🙌🏻 Thank you for coming & stay tuned for the next one! Until then - here's a sneak peek from Friday! 📷

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We surprised #CROZAI team for their 1st birthday! 🥳 Congrats on a successful year behind you. Well done, team! ❤️

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