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by kajecounterhack 1423 days ago
I keep a daily markdown file in a github repo.

  * To search my notes I can pull + grep the files.
  * To view a specific day's notes in my browser, github renders the file with images and everything.
  * To upload images, I can paste from my clipboard into the notes using github's editor; they upload and link the images for me.
This mostly works for me because I hate typing on my phone -- I do all my actual notetaking on a desktop. If I use my phone for any note taking, it's a shopping or to-do list. For that I use google keep.

I tried using Notion but it costs money and isn't portable. Roam is similar. Unigraph is a similar tool that isn't publicly available yet but worth checking out if you like those tools.

Logseq is the closest thing to what I wanted, but you have to use their app and I like being able to add notes from any computer in just a browser. For work I keep my notes in a single Google Doc, which works surprisingly well, but doesn't work for my personal notes since I want them to be easily backed up and portable.