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who honestly keeps "notes" like this

wilg 6y ago
This was my first thought as well - just something I don't have in my workflow at all and it makes very little sense to me.
bhl 6y ago
There are a bunch of people; just look at users of Notion and Roam, or any note taking app submitted to hacker news in the last four years.
chrismorgan 6y ago
It’s a fairly small fraction of people that do. It’s a much larger fraction of people that would benefit from doing so.
kevsim 6y ago
It's something I haven't tried because I can already predict the outcome. I'd get into for a few weeks, I'd put a bunch of stuff in there, but I wouldn't be able to break the muscle memory of just using Google/DDG when I need to know something. Then I'd inevitably give up. Respect to those who do it and it works for them though.
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  Same; I installed SnippetsLab a while ago and put some stuff in it, it's neat, but I rarely find myself actually looking up stuff in there again. It's got stuff like the odd Bash line for advanced Git stuff (like looking up certain statistics), but that's rarely used. That said, if you put it up on a website and add a short blurb, search engines can come index it, and others may be able to find and use it. Sometimes my search ends up on a Github Gist, which will often have a bit of discussion in the comments as well.
- kubanczyk 6y ago
  Ever came up with your own snippet when Google/DDG search failed to deliver?
  - kevsim 6y ago
    Absolutely but then the answer I need is in git.
marvion 6y ago
I do. Not code, but a mix of a custom cheatsheet, notes and blog.. It's not that elaborate, but I found it the best solution for cross platform and cross-location. I can access it everywhere and edit it from everywhere, where I have a IDE available. I like a 1 for all solution more then specific tools, like the specialized cheatsheet CLI tools - it gets messy after a while... I use https://docsify.js.org/#/ https://docsify.js.org/#/ at https://slashlog.org/#/ https://slashlog.org/#/
gitgud 6y ago
I used to keep snippets of bash commands, but now I just use the [1] dotfiles method of storing all your scripts in a git versioned folder. Anything I find my self Googling how to do (git remove merged branches from origin), I create an easy command for. [1] https://github.com/benwinding/dotfiles https://github.com/benwinding/dotfiles

wilg 6y ago

This was my first thought as well - just something I don't have in my workflow at all and it makes very little sense to me.

bhl 6y ago

There are a bunch of people; just look at users of Notion and Roam, or any note taking app submitted to hacker news in the last four years.

chrismorgan 6y ago

It’s a fairly small fraction of people that do. It’s a much larger fraction of people that would benefit from doing so.

kevsim 6y ago

It's something I haven't tried because I can already predict the outcome. I'd get into for a few weeks, I'd put a bunch of stuff in there, but I wouldn't be able to break the muscle memory of just using Google/DDG when I need to know something. Then I'd inevitably give up. Respect to those who do it and it works for them though.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Same; I installed SnippetsLab a while ago and put some stuff in it, it's neat, but I rarely find myself actually looking up stuff in there again. It's got stuff like the odd Bash line for advanced Git stuff (like looking up certain statistics), but that's rarely used. That said, if you put it up on a website and add a short blurb, search engines can come index it, and others may be able to find and use it. Sometimes my search ends up on a Github Gist, which will often have a bit of discussion in the comments as well.
kubanczyk 6y ago
Ever came up with your own snippet when Google/DDG search failed to deliver?
- kevsim 6y ago
  Absolutely but then the answer I need is in git.

marvion 6y ago

I do. Not code, but a mix of a custom cheatsheet, notes and blog.. It's not that elaborate, but I found it the best solution for cross platform and cross-location. I can access it everywhere and edit it from everywhere, where I have a IDE available. I like a 1 for all solution more then specific tools, like the specialized cheatsheet CLI tools - it gets messy after a while... I use https://docsify.js.org/#/ https://docsify.js.org/#/ at https://slashlog.org/#/ https://slashlog.org/#/

gitgud 6y ago

I used to keep snippets of bash commands, but now I just use the [1] dotfiles method of storing all your scripts in a git versioned folder. Anything I find my self Googling how to do (git remove merged branches from origin), I create an easy command for. [1] https://github.com/benwinding/dotfiles https://github.com/benwinding/dotfiles