Devs: What tool do you use to write down your project ideas? E.g. Obsidian, Notion, NextCloud, etc.
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plain Markdown text shared between my development machines via synchting
I don't write many of them down. But markdown + mermaid charts is great.
TIL about Mermaid charts
its a syntax that lets you easily create diagrams. Its main selling points are its simplicity and how its integrations into Github/Gitlab and plugins for other tools that use markdown. https://mermaid.js.org/ecosystem/integrations.html
Live editor with examples: https://mermaid.live/
Plain markdown. Use obsidian heavily though for school notes.
While out and about I use a note app on my phone and capture as bullet points or brief paragraph.
If at my workstation I start with notepad to do the same.
Depending on context and complexity it may persist in this form, or migrate to next cloud as a text file or refined markdown
Going down the Obsidian rabbit hole 🐰
I often just create a new directory in my coding projects directory and write a README describing the project.
I open vscode and then I write them down. In code!
I share my ideas with Google using Google Drive
Not a dev, but used Notion for some time before fully switching everything over to Obsidian. Very happy with my setup now
A giant folder full of markdown files under version control
Have you tried Obsidian? A bit steeplearning curve but worth it...
Using cherrytree+git for global notes/reminders/procedures, figjam as an online whiteboard shared with my colleagues