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by CrypticShift 903 days ago
I've come to the conclusion that I need to loosen my grip. So basically, as long as I can export my data in an open-enough format, I will use anything I'm comfortable with and then I won't worry much about organizing my data. The two main reasons are:

- Most notes are ephemeral anyway. The other day, I found a box of folders from my 20s (a long time ago), and it was just a dusty "curiosity box". We change, and the world changes.

- LLMs are already at the level where you can literally just put all your digital stuff in and then have a usefull conversation with it. We just need better open integration, efficient local models...

My only rule for lesset structured data (= note-taking) is that the tool must support my "current" process of thought, not any hypothetical future need. I use outliners for that.

My only rule for the more structured data (= KM bases) is that I can potentially merge the data together (CSV will do) and use it in any interface I like (good filtering...)