Ask HN: What's your note-taking methodology?

I mostly take notes for gamedev:

- I have a Gitlab project in which I make issues + update wikis frequently. Issues are for concrete ideas/tasks. Wikis are for collecting ideas / bookmarks / etc.

- I have a few notebooks with various purposes. One's for practical sketches / problem solving (like math). One is for ideas for the various games I have in my head. One is for visual art.

- I also have a gamedev folder in my iPhone notes just in case. I've started using it less since I can just use Gitlab on my phone.

Use Orgzly on the phone. Orgmode/orgzly somehow fits my needs like a glove. I feel like the app is nearly perfect.

I sync the flat files with keybase e2e encrypted git via termux command.

I try to make note taking "pipelines" also - trying to ensure I dont just dump notes on a pile and forget about them but that there is a process/habit/location for me to pick all notes up again later for use. I rearrange/reorg the notes with a view to this pretty regularly.

I shove them all in an archive folder once Im done with them.

Just checked my EverNote stats for me to comment here. I have 1500+ Notes spanning more than 10 years (since 2011). I have 18 notebooks as major categorization of work-company-A vs ideas vs bookmarks vs project-x .. etc. I use this daily, for tasks, snippets, basic todos both work and personal, and attach rich media (screenshots, code, links) in most notes.

Syncing is also what I'm after and all my devices have EN: macs at home and work, my spare windows laptop, tablets and smarphones (Android). Principle: if its for my personal consumption, I usually put it in my EN, but work stuff are in GDocs/GDrive for shareability. I also limit putting in my notes any sensitive info and credentials, at the very least, for sanity and security purposes, as I have a KeyPassXC for that. I also don't use Evernote specific groupsharing/tasks/other features; it's just the sync-all-my-notes-across-my devices. Syncing works best in their desktop apps for the most part, but buggy in Android (dups, conflicts). Paying $2+USD/mo for this so im not complaining. But it could be better.

I just want one universal synchronized tool but I'm stuck in notes hell.

reMarkable for scribbles and ebook highlights (which can't sync anywhere)

Pocket for a black hole of bookmarks

1Password for serious important document storage

Notion for corporate collaboration

Apple Notes for grocery lists and on-the-go thoughts

Roam Research for when I want to actually store and remember things

Some time ago I wrote a blog article about the lab notebooks I use.

https://coverclock.blogspot.com/2008/07/daily-organization.h...