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I have been making notes for a decade now. I have moved through plain txt files, no extension (linux style) txt files, CherryTree, SimpleNotes, LogSeq, Notion, GitHub Pages, Obsidian and may be more.

I have moved through phases of putting notes in physical notebook and scanning. I have 10s of scanned notebooks.

I have taken digital notes via stylus, via wacom pen and tablet, Samsung notes (best note taking app with stylus), a bunch of linux apps (xournal, xournal++ etc) and more...

I have written notes in pure html.

I have written personal app for taking notes in browser and storing it in postgres.

There is nothing better than text + git. Markdown is second.

My current configuration is: text/markdown + git + vs code + (plain) obsidian + plantuml + mermaid + local-git-server/github/gitlab etc.



While I don't disagree with the sentiment, an important feature for me is being able to read/write/search notes on mobile.




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