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by baselined 2788 days ago
Working in a school, not as a teacher, it is amazing to see how students litter their desktop with files, similar to how most of the staff save their files.

I am not a programmer by any means and I know how important it is to create a filing system with directories. It is irritating how much time is lost while waiting for colleagues to locate a file hidden among the many on their desktop.

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I bet you'll love this: https://johnnydecimal.com/

Edit: Sorry, I should have saved you the bother of clicking. It's a digital file management strategy loosely inspired (I assume) by library classification systems like Dewey's. I don't use it myself, but I admire the simplicity, clarity, and flexibility of the system.