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by majkinetor 1927 days ago
I just use awesome GistPad [2] vscode extension and add tags to notes (just array of #tag1 #tag2 in description).

This is accessible easily via various tools on ad hoc place (mobile, browser or whatever), such as GistList [1], GistPad / vscode has some good filtering features and I can download all gists locally and use any file manager to filter out tags. Its also a collection of mini git repositories with all nice things (revisions, multiple files etc.) and me not having to think about any of that.

You can easily go from there to graphs and folders and other advanced stuff (PlantUML et al are all possible via extensions) if you need them, but I have around 200 notes and do not usually need any of that. What I do need is an easy system not depending on any particular technology - all parts of it can be replaced with something else or nothing at all and still be usable with regular OTB OS tools.

[1] https://gistlist.ksdev.pl/

[2] https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsls-con...

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This is fantastic, thanks for the recommendation. Great example of lightweight implementation and really supercharges the usefulness of gists.