Why do I need this when I can use a coding agent to do it for me?
dwroberts · 2026-06-29 10:45:03 UTC
Why would you make a non-deterministic agent do a task like this if an exact deterministic command line tool exists for it?
ed_mercer · 2026-06-29 12:52:01 UTC
so I don't bloat my system with random software that require maintenance and are a potential attack vector?
SoMomentary · 2026-06-29 11:08:54 UTC
You could have your Coding agent use this to do it for you! Really though it's about using the right tool for the job, and this seems like a better choice to use a tool like this so you don't have your agent burn tons of tokens imperfectly working through all your documents at a slower pace.
Personally I'll be giving this a whirl as part of my note distillation process. I end up with hundreds of pages of PDFs and docx files that I'm sure would be easy to convert with a dedicated tool.
virajk_31 · 2026-06-29 11:26:25 UTC
why would you to waste tokens when you already have open source options...
My first thought as well! Even glancing through their website I don’t see an FAQ section or even a section just answering what value addition it brings over pandoc?
marphux · 2026-06-30 15:17:28 UTC
Jimmy uses Pandoc as backend. It is primarily meant for converting exports/backups from note-taking apps, like for example a "takeout.zip" from Google Keep. Supporting all formats that Pandoc itself supports is a nice side effect.
I will probably add a section how Jimmy compares to Pandoc, markitdown, obsidian-importer and others, though.
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Personally I'll be giving this a whirl as part of my note distillation process. I end up with hundreds of pages of PDFs and docx files that I'm sure would be easy to convert with a dedicated tool.
I will probably add a section how Jimmy compares to Pandoc, markitdown, obsidian-importer and others, though.