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by j45 890 days ago
Obsidian or logseq.

Saves as markdown and can be processed to other formats.

Also allows writing as you work.

For step by step stuff, I’d lean towards logseq as the UI but sharing a folder inside an obsidian vault folder. Logseq is more at the bullet level which can be more useful in certain cases

Lots of videos on your tube on this setup to allow you to access the best plugins from both systems.

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+1 for Logseq. I have tried so many note taking and organization apps. Logseq had a little bit of a learning curve, but it works better than anything else for my ADHD brain.

With other apps, I would still spend so much time thinking about where to put my notes when it's already difficult for me to take notes and organize things in the first place. I would end up with what was essentially a digital junk drawer. It was all there, but it was a scavenger hunt when I needed to find something and nothing was ever connected.

With Logseq, I started using the journal, tagging and linking as needed as I write. I don't ever think about where to put anything. Although I occasionally create separate pages, I'm mostly in the journal. The tags I add to individual notes become their own pages that are sort of a hub containing every reference. Sometimes I go into those hub pages and add more substantive documentation than the journal references. After several days, I saw this network of information starting to come together. It's like being able to make a contemporary recording of my brain and then reference it later.

When it works, it works. But just having a dozen pages for each project and maybe a few fixed pages (say "Currently reading") also work. Not sure what is better.