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a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
egberts1 · 21 days ago
My only friction with hierarchy-type store of bookmarks is the orthogonal labeling scheme remains poorly or unsupported.

Slapping a tag or two (or many) is bandaid.

Need a way to navigate a tree for a bookmark that is repeatedly tagged and filed across hierarchy.

Perfect example: retirement, budget, investment firms, reviewed

Each day has a focus, and it often arrives differently to a same bookmark.

Handcrafted Wikipedia category tree is a good start but still no navigation panel and a search box thereof.

a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
This is the fundamental problem with hierarchies - knowledge is multi-dimensional but folders are one-dimensional. You shouldn't have to decide if "Vanguard 2026 review" lives under /retirement or /budget or /investments. What if you could just search "retirement investment options I reviewed" and find it regardless of where it was filed - by meaning, not by path?
a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
agcat · 21 days ago
Also, whatsapping myself
a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
Chrome bookmarks + WhatsApp to self - classic combo. When you need to find a bookmark from months ago, do you actually find it or just google the thing again?
a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
ZYZ64738 · 22 days ago
...sending myself an email
a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
Email as inbox - do you ever actually process it, or does it just pile up with everything else?
a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
journal · 21 days ago
in md files in the file system.
a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
Do you organize into folders, or just dump everything flat and rely on search?
a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
LetsAutomate · 22 days ago
Notion — good for linking related notes
a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
Does the linking actually pay off when you need to find something, or do you mostly just search?
a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
HardwareLust · 22 days ago
I'm lazy, so I use Google Keep and will probably regret it someday.
a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
"Will probably regret it someday" - what's the thing you're most worried about losing?
a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
choutos · 22 days ago
LogSeq, with the "brain" shared across devices using Koofr over webdav
a_protsyuk · 21 days ago

  LogSeq with WebDAV - nice setup. Do you use it mostly for linked notes/graph, or more as a daily journal?

a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
throwaway5465 · 21 days ago
Tools: Zettlr for notes. user?weird_tentacles explained the concept of zellelkasten. These are synced to a cloud folder so I have access to them on the move.

Blog: Compiling notes into 'new' knowledge is challenging and interesting. I try to keep on doing what I did in postgrad research.

a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
Zettlr is underrated. When you're compiling notes into something new - how do you find the right notes to pull together? Do you browse, search, or does the linking do the work?
a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
JohnFen · 21 days ago
I keep all that stuff on a Wiki that I run in my house.
a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
Self-hosted wiki - what software? And do you access it on mobile when you're out, or is it strictly home network?
a_protsyuk commented on Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?    · Posted by u/a_protsyuk
theMezz315 · 22 days ago
Google Keep CherryTree - which is much nicer than the web site portrays https://www.giuspen.net/cherrytree/
a_protsyuk · 21 days ago
CherryTree looks interesting - hierarchical nodes. Do you split notes between Keep and CherryTree by type, or is there a different logic?

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