In a recent task, I started journalling (using Medium). The particular task was a deep dive into how some open source tech worked (specifically, how Electron lo

In a recent task, I started journalling (using Medium). The particular task was a deep dive into how some open source tech worked (specifically, how Electron loads Chrome extensions). At each step (more or less), I'd copy over code snippets, and provide links to the source code and documentation. I referred back to these notes all the time during the rest of the dive, and I still refer back to them in the subsequent tasks. It's mostly about not retracing steps; having a link to this or that SO question; or about having a checklist ("here's all the places this symbol appears"). It was also handy when resuming work, or when something was a dead-end and I had to resume from a different point.