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I don't understand the concept of using tags or even avoiding them.

Everything in my brain is highly categorized and those categories are hierarchical.

Computer / Kubernetes / Helm / Something.md

Computer / Java / JVM / Garbage Collection Tuning.md

Construction / Foundation / Shallow Strip Foundation.md

Hobby / 3D Printing / On Shape.md

And so on.

I don't even think that I need links. May be some. What I need is the ability to show multiple files at once. For example show all files in Computer / Kubernetes / Helm directory, separated with horizontal lines with the ability to edit this in one editor window. I hate when I need to constantly switch around in traditional editors.



That is very true to me as well, in my head things are organized in a hierarchy of concepts. The nice thing about tags is that it allows you to store a note below multiple tags like in my case a note about something I did with Python at work, tagged with #work, #work/project_name but also with #python.

I use a plugin called Tag Wrangler to show my tags as a tree like folders (it interprets the "/" as a parent directory).

This allows me to keep a note below multiple tags which I think is useful, at least for my own usecase.


Where / how do you save a HN shitpost that is definitely not worthy to be part of the atomic note of `Kubernetes.md`, but is still relevant / insightful and related to it?

I would add it to either quotes.md or the daily note with #kubernetes tag.




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