Notion — good for linking related notes
Does the linking actually pay off when you need to find something, or do you mostly just search?
I do just search.
Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?
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Re: Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?
#32The real issue isn't where you store notes — it's whether you find them when you actually need them.
I've gone through Notion, Confluence, and plain markdown. The pattern is always the same: I diligently save everything, then never look at it again because the moment I need it, I'm in a completely different context (a ticket, a chat, a meeting).
The "low friction = actually use it" point resonates. I've started thinking the answer isn't a better note-taking app, but surfacing the right information where the work happens, rather than making people go find it.
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#34I use chrome bookmarks and sublime app
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#35I use chrome bookmarks and sublime app
Also, whatsapping myself
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#37My only friction with hierarchy-type store of bookmarks is the orthogonal labeling scheme remains poorly or unsupported. Slapping a tag or two (or many) is bandaid. Need a way to navigate a tree for a bookmark that is repeatedly tagged and filed across hierarchy. Perfect example: retirement, budget, investment firms, reviewed Each day has a focus, and it often arrives differently to a same bookmark. Handcrafted Wikip…
This is the fundamental problem with hierarchies - knowledge is multi-dimensional but folders are one-dimensional. You shouldn't have to decide if "Vanguard 2026 review" lives under /retirement or /budget or /investments. What if you could just search "retirement investment options I reviewed" and find it regardless of where it was filed - by meaning, not by path?
Re: Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?
#38The real issue isn't where you store notes — it's whether you find them when you actually need them. I've gone through Notion, Confluence, and plain markdown. The pattern is always the same: I diligently save everything, then never look at it again because the moment I need it, I'm in a completely different context (a ticket, a chat, a meeting). The "low friction = actually use it" point resonates. I've started think…
This is actually the truth, we all have tens or hundreds of priceless saved links. However, I claim that 90% are forgotten after a day or two, maybe that's actually something that small language models can fix ?
Re: Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?
#39I keep all that stuff on a Wiki that I run in my house.
Self-hosted wiki - what software? And do you access it on mobile when you're out, or is it strictly home network?
I use Dokuwiki: https://www.dokuwiki.org/
I access it when I'm out and about, but do so through a VPN that I also run from my home. The wiki is not accessible except through the VPN.
Organizationally, I have a different section for general aspects of my life (household, programming, and hardware projects as well as hobbies such as camping, etc.). The front page is a general catch-all where I temporarily drop things that don't already have a home. I then organize them more formally later.
I make pretty heavy use of inter-page links to help organization of related things that aren't in the same "world". A lot like note-taking apps.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?
#40Matter!