[hnthrowaway0328]

I had a revelation that my ideas are worthless and the notes I took are also going to be worthless once I get familiar with X.

So I completely stopped taking notes. A to-do list plus a Google Drive for my son and our stuffs are good enough. The only problem is that we are not comfortable to put sensitive information on GD so probably build a NAS for that.

[toddmorey]

My experience has been the opposite. I used to envy people with amazing memories like it was a super power. Then I realized if I got into the habit of just writing stuff down, I'd effectively have that same superpower. It's the one thing that I can honestly say has changed my life.

I use obsidian.md for notes, which I have on phone and desktop. Nothing fancy. You just need something that's always with you, has great search, and ideally allows you to link notes together.

[balder1991]

It’s not only about keeping memories but structuring them. Even journaling (about your thoughts and feelings) helps with making sense of what’s on your mind: https://youtu.be/FNJO1pZV-I8?si=Efqm5uAOSp9MSeOq

[hnthrowaway0328]

I don't really have amazing memories. I just found out most of my stuffs are worthless and do not worth being preserved.

[Zetobal]

Can work in a fast paced environment but if you work on projects or ideas with hard numbers for years its not applicable or your brain capacity is off the charts.

[hnthrowaway0328]

Yeah 100%, I forgot to mention the above is just for my private projects so a lot of notes went into as comments.

For work we do use Confluence but again the quality of our notes are not great. From my experience the most important notes are the ones that tag a PoC if issue X flares up.

[skydhash]

My notes are either:

* Some information that I don't trust myself to remember

* A canvas to refine my own ideas

* Summary of others' works.

Now it's easier for me to connect dots across works, themes and disciplines. That works wonder for compression of knowledge inside my brain.

[tensor]

I use notes because my memory is only so good, and they can be useful to me to refer back to. I just use Apple Notes. Good enough for me. That said, I don't think any of my ideas are somehow worthy of being "archived" or the like for others. They are simply helpful to me.

I don't know when ideas without execution become thought of as so valuable. Ideas are a dime a dozen, the hard part is testing those ideas to see if they actually work.