Ask HN: How do you store the knowledge gained in a day?

1. github-orgmode-tests

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   This is a test project where you can explore how github interprets Org-mode files

   

   TIP: When asking for advice in relation to knowledge management, note-taking, etc., be sure to ask for precise details regarding commenters' solutions. There are many people who participate in these discussions who don't seem to take a lot of notes (e.g., one file or paper notepad for all of their notes!).

   I have a personal knowledge base that currently includes almost 7,000 files in which I store my notes. I take notes on everything. Every technology. Every product. Every meeting. EVERYTHING.

   My notes are stored in Org files that I edit with Emacs and Org mode[1]. Org files are written using a feature-rich lightweight markup language[2] that is much more powerful than Markdown (which is used by alternative note-taking tools like Obsidian). For example, Org supports plain text spreadsheets[3], a feature I love.

   Too many people will disqualify Org and say, "I don't use Emacs," while assuming that Emacs users choose Org because we already use Emacs. But I started using Emacs specifically to use Org, not for programming.

   But regardless of which tool you end up using, consider organizing your note files using hierarchical tagging. I started using hierarchical tagging for my notes right after Wikipedia was first launched and I saw how effectively hierarchical tagging was being used there. Each Wikipedia article can belong to multiple categories, and each category can belong to multiple categories. This is hierarchical tagging, and it's worked great for my notes. At the bottom of every one of my Org files, there is a list of "parent topics", and each parent topic has a list of parent topics (excluding the "main topics", which have no parents).

   [1] https://orgmode.org/

   [2] https://orgmode.org/features.html

   [3] https://orgmode.org/manual/The-Spreadsheet.html

2. SaaSHub

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   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. knowledge

   2 5 759 9.6 Python

   Online library for AI

   

   I created my personnal search engine to index and retrieve content I like. I like the idea of keeping track of content you like without too much effort.

   https://github.com/raphaelsty/knowledge

   I did not find yet a solution that suit me for knowledge which is not an online webpage / pdf.

4. obsidian-releases

   3 1,747 18,609 9.9 JavaScript

   Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

   

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