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by bbkane 702 days ago
Organizing notes like this is a challenge for me too. Instead, I keep most notes in one file, and split off that file when it becomes too big. I use ripgrep to search my notes and back them up in a Git repo

I think the important ideas for me are to keep notes, keep notes in plain text for portability and easy searching, and to keep notes backed up.

If I ever find the "perfect" organization for my notes, I feel confident I can write some crazy shell script to move stuff into the right places and ask an LLM to add the right tags.

Until then, I've got a searchable history of my work for my coworkers and future me to enjoy.