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Discussion on: Do you keep a journal?

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Subbu Lakshmanan

I found journaling helps a lot, in terms of tracking my work, referring back to notes when needed.

I use git command line + vscode + bitbucket repo combination for my journaling. I type the content using simple, 'markdown' format, which makes it beautiful when I review. I add screenshots, text files, pdfs, etc., to the notes and commit them to the repository.

Searching through the notes are simpler using vscode/bitbucket 'code aware' search.

One downside though is referring/editing the notes from mobile devices. But I rarely do that, and always has access to home/work macbook. So I refer my notes from the browser.

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Roman Mikhailov • Edited

an interesting use for git and IDE :) Thanks for sharing an example!