[Rotundo]

I've solved it by not hoarding all these things in the first place.

You're not going to look at it ever again. And if (big if) you need or want to, a simple online search gives more than you ever had stored locally.

[barnabas-szoke]

Fair point, but do you never find yourself remembering "I read something perfect for this exact problem" but can't reconstruct the search query that led you there originally? I think google is great for known unknowns, but terrible for forgotten knowns. How do you handle domain-specific knowledge where you know the insight exists but the search space is too noisy?

[Rotundo]

I don't really worry about it. If I could find it the first time, I'm bound to find something like it the second time. Besides, for me, the upside of finding something in my hoard is greatly outweighed by the mental drag of having, and maintaining, that hoard in the first place.

[barnabas-szoke]

Thanks, fair take. I'm trying to find a middle ground: not hoarding everything, but making it easier to resurface the few things that are worth keeping. Thanks for sharing this.