zk-readwise
I’ve started building a new tool in Python that will grab my highlights and notes from Readwise and turn them into zk note files. Manually exporting data from Readwise and copying it into zk note files is a bit tedious and repetitive, and seems like an excellent case for automation. Unfortunately, I’ve discovered that I am a bit rusty and my general programming skills have atrophied a bit. (My primary job is managing developers/engineers) Mostly there are a lot of new tools in the Python ecosystem that I need/want to learn how to use. So far I’ve set up the basic project with uv, ruff, and pre-commit, and I have built a prototype module for accessing the Readwise API. I’m also using this project in an attempt to really learn and use test-driven development (TDD) as a methodology. I’ve been a supporter of having automated test suites, but I have struggled to write the tests first. For some reason I have always had trouble visualizing the tests before I written at least some of the code. For this project I really want to see if I can make TDD work for me.
I’m expecting this project to churn quite a bit in the beginning as I get back into my programming groove, so I’m keeping the project private for the time being. When I feel like it’s in good enough shape to share, I plan on making it public on the off chance there is somebody else out there who is interested in using Readwise and zk together.
