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by seeknotfind 1056 days ago
You never know when knowledge on a scrap of paper floating in the wind turns out to be the key to the door of your destiny.

I've read this site for about 10 years now. The biggest thing is all the random blog posts I wouldn't ordinarily stumble upon. A lot of times, programming problems come up at work, and of course I know all the details of some arcane trivia because of 3 different articles I'd seen on it and different perspectives on it.

The biggest problem is then trying to go back and find which blog article I read. That's impossible.

2 comments

I use the 'favorite' feature as my bookmark list on this site.
Would be nice to have offline full-text search of favorite HN stories and comments.
not a perfect solution, might not work for everyone, but keeping a personal wiki (folder with markdown files, Emacs Org Mode, Obsidian, etc) has worked well for me. Better than thousands of browser bookmarks I had prior.