I use 30+ different passwords for different purposes. I never write the actual passwords down anywhere but instead I write the hint of the username/password for

I use 30+ different passwords for different purposes. I never write the actual passwords down anywhere but instead I write the hint of the username/password for each site. Here's a fake example: sitename.com: c4 - t/5r sitemore.com: mrc - pp:9 If someone manually digs around, they can find what the usernames 'c4' and 'mrc' stand for. However, nobody other than me knows what 't/5r' and 'pp:9' expand to and I will never forget what they mean. Sure, it does theoretically make it slightly easier to brute-force my passwords but if 't/5r' = 'tempest/ariel5randa' then brute-force will take forever anyway. If the browser doesn't auto-fill the password, I just have to look up a single list and takes me seconds to type the password. Whenever I sign up for a new site, I just add the username/password hint and forget about it. I've been using this system for well over a decade and have never had any login problems anywhere.