[ANN] duras 2.1.1 — daily notes as plain text files

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duras is a command-line tool for daily notes stored as plain text files (YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.dn). No database, no daemon, no background services.

v2.1.1 adds duras build, which converts a note collection to a static HTML website. 7,300 notes in ~220ms, single-threaded, no caching. Notes use sigline format — a plain-text structured notation where the leading character of each line declares its type.

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is this named after Marguerite Duras?

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No, it’s just my name. The program was originally written in Python. I struggled to find a package name that was available on PyPI, carried no negative connotations in other languages, and did not conflict with the names of mature, well-established CLI tools. In the end, I simply used my own name. I’m also happy to share it with Marguerite — I really enjoy her short stories.

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