[nutrie]

Ditch tags, organize in folders, or don't organize at all. Use search either way. Take your time to give your notes distinct and meaningful names. The rest will be a huge mess no matter what you do. You don't know what you don't know. That's why we're taking notes in the first place, isn't it? Formatting is evil for the same reason. A wise person once said: If you make everything bold, nothing stands out. Headings and code blocks do just fine.

And for the love of God, don't read or write articles or posts such as this one of mine on how to take notes :D I'm sort of joking, but not really. What a waste of time... Everybody's different. It takes many years of trying to figure out what works for one and what doesn't.

[hirvi74]

I completely agree with what you wrote.

One addition, if I may, is that I have found that handwriting my notes first, then typing them later to be far more beneficial than just typing the notes from the start.

I take most of my notes by hand, not for some kind of additive memory bonus, but more so that I can work things out by hand i.e. learn the material. Pen and paper do not have notifications, do not vibrate, and do not tempt me to get distracted.

The typed notes are for referential usage, and then I can use things like tags and whatnot because digital notes are 'finalized' which I find easier to organize, format, etc.. But hey, that could be a "just me" thing.

[lencastre]

Maybe it’s generational, I too prefer to jot down my notes with pen and paper then I parse or rewrite for posterity whatever is relevant/important.

Sometimes I fell it’s wasteful though, because one page of scribbled notes can take me half hour to process and convert into a properly filed note.

So I learned to embrace chaos and not care so much. And fzf is your friend and all is well in the world.