I was also worried about filenames, the database, custom ids and all that. It all felt over-engineered for my modest purposes. In true Emacs spirit, the logic

I was also worried about filenames, the database, custom ids and all that. It all felt over-engineered for my modest purposes. In true Emacs spirit, the logical conclusion was that I had to implement my own Zettelkasten system: https://github.com/tmalsburg/mwk.el https://github.com/tmalsburg/mwk.el