[HN Gopher] Daily Notes Considered Harmful
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       Daily Notes Considered Harmful
        
       Author : FigurativeVoid
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2025-07-13 21:25 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | TooSmugToFail wrote:
       | Daily notes are my life line.
       | 
       | If you're managing any fairly complex organisation and handling
       | multiple threads on variable time horizons, daily notes can be an
       | immensely useful tool.
        
       | stephenlf wrote:
       | I like that "one note per issue/resolution" thing. I have an .md
       | in our company's main internal app's repo which is just a bunch
       | of tips and patterns for doing DevOps tasks. At the bottom is a
       | section called "## Useful Shell Script," a collection of scripts
       | each in their own block quote. The approach work well for our
       | small team, but it couldn't scale. Having a personal repository
       | with this sort of pattern would be very helpful. Thank you!
        
       | thomascountz wrote:
       | It's difficult for me to read past the sentiment of the author's
       | language, which is unfortunate, because there are interesting
       | ideas here.
       | 
       | At any rate, my takeaway isn't anything to do with whatever the
       | author considers a "daily" note or not, but about how the way we
       | structure and synthesize our thoughts, alters the things we make.
       | 
       | For example, if in the creative process, I create an audience for
       | myself (i.e. by thinking of sharing my notes), that may or may
       | not introduce productive constraints to my process. On one hand,
       | it could force me to better articulate my thoughts. On the other,
       | my inner critic could preclude important insights.
        
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