Offtopic, but I use org mode for my notes files (both general and technical), and I've never really figured out how to use it effectively. My pre-org notes file was just a giant text file with entries delimited by manually-entered '--------------' lines. I stuck a topic in each entry for searchability and then the rest was freeform text. It worked pretty well. org mode gives me more power, but it's getting a little u…
I typically just use capture and refile, almost never enter new things directly. I have a few templates for often-used things (work, personal, funny things my kids say), and then I either just file it directly or if I know it should go under some tree I C-c C-w to immediately refile it there. I use selectrum for completion with selectrum-prescient so my most used refiling goals are at the top of the list, and if I have to filter the list it's typically just two or three characters until I find the heading I'm after.