[bewe42]

I've been keeping a daily journal for almost ten years now. I think it is important to keep a long term perspective and for that nothing beats plain text. In the beginning I used a note keeping software. After an application crash I lost data. I would not want to have any dependence to a proprietary data format. So now I use plain text + Markdown + local file search . Same goes for knowledge management.

[isuraed]

Seconded. Text is king for all the reasons you mentioned. I have tried OneNote, Evernote, Google Keep. Nothing matches plain text (with light markdown). I have a text editor open all the time. It's really natural to just start a new file or make a note within my normal workflow.