[wahern]

I've done this for awhile now, but only a couple years ago learned about the traditional practice of Common Placing, of which this is arguably a modern version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book

Also, whenever I add a reference I'll include a link to the Wayback Machine in addition to a direct link, and especially for PDFs mirror it locally--both Wayback Machine and Google Books have taught me invaluable lessons about relying on third-parties to maintain access to important sources.

I maintain the page using Markdown, and use Markdeep[1] for client-side rendering. Though overtime I've added some features, e.g. to make anchor linking easier.

To prevent myself from adding too much junk, my rule is I'll only add a source if I return to it at least twice, with a significant gap in between visits. That is, it has to be sufficiently memorable and substantive. And the effort required to relocate the source is part of the measure of its worthiness. My notes tend to be more terse than the article's examples, but sometimes they're a good place to link to related material that might not make the cut for a separate entry. Early on I added a separate "Inbox" section to allow myself greater liberty in adding sources, but that didn't work well. Half of the stuff there should have just been added to the main section, and the other half left off. Better to just try to keep disciplined, though there are always the exceptions you can't resist.

Since starting around 2017 I've accumulated about 230 entries.

[1] https://casual-effects.com/markdeep/