[moepstar]

>"when was it that time when XXX event happened"

Then you go and look that up in your issue tracker.

>"I remember that one day someone told me that he had the same problem as me, but who was it and what was his solution?"

Ideally, you've that saved to your Wiki/FAQ Database or at least have it in your ticketing system.

That is, if we're talking about a professional setting - or some random "might be useful later" notes.

But still, this isn't something i am going to dig up in a random chat log - because if you're able to find / search for it there, chances are you are pretty close to the solution anyways...

[greatgib]

You are thinking of a professional dev context. But it is not the same thing for everyday discussions with friends.

A lot of things can look not useful and common at the current time, but have a lot of values in the future. But you can't document every step of your life.

For example, imagine that some friend tell you that his brother is currently working in Singapore and that everything goes well for him and all. But so far you have no relation to Singapore and don't travel so much.

Then 1 year later, you will unexpectedly be sent to Singapore for work and you would highly appreciate a contact there. At that point you remember that the brother of someone is there, but who was it?

You just have to search for 'singapore' in Telegram and you can get easily the reply to your question and so recontact the relevant friend.

Same thing when you are suddenly thinking about buying a Xiaomi phone, and you are wondering who was the friend that told you that he bought one 6 months ago to get his review.