Where do notes find themselves?

Possibly nowhere.

Notes are expected to be one-off, atomic, and a place for me to expand on things I am thinking about. More on this in What I wish this to be.

But, importantly, notes are connected to one another. This is an interesting mechanism for re-purposing past thoughts, and allowing myself to Expand later. It is also a curse.

There is a certain "baggage" to writing down a new note, which is very much What I do not wish this to be.

Instead, I'd like to just write. Maybe I'll link this somewhere, maybe I'll expand upon it later. I don't know. Maybe I'll orphan it, only visible from the "Referenced in:" sections from the posts above.

What I wish this to be

Some of the problems I'd like to solve with notes like these

  • Blog posts have too much ceremony around them
  • Tweets are ephemeral (In fact, I delete mine regularly)
  • I should do this regularly (related to 1 and 2)

From a technical point of view

See also What I do not wish this to be

What I do not wish this to be

Some guiding failure modes

  • A product (at least for now, I'm not really interested in figuring out and solving for different use-cases)
  • An exercise in self-promotion, I'd like to build this for me
  • Writing notes should not be time-consuming
  • Writing notes should not require an upfront cost
  • Writing notes should not require a maintenance cost