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by dgb23 2136 days ago
I just started to write anything down basically...

When a collaborator or client talks to me or when I think about something, then I open a markdown file (first often just a notes.md) and just write in bullet points, and gradually organize it into categories.

I put these in version control as well since a while.

Thought experiment: if something is not worth writing down, is it worth discussing?

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> Thought experiment: if something is not worth writing down, is it worth discussing?

Writing things down in a way that can be consumed by others is usually significantly more work than discussing that same thing live (whether in text or verbally). As such, I would say that the answer is obviously yes.

Yes, there are many things worth discussing which would be better left not written down.