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My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020)

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242 points simonebrunozzi | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 19:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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davidzimmerjr ◴[11 Dec 25 21:07 UTC] No.46237167[source]▶
txt file is great. Makes me wonder, does the author always have their laptop on them since that's the only place I know of where a txt file can live? Do they go to sleep and wake up next to their laptop?

I've always been an iPhone user and have never seen a .txt file on one and probably you wouldn't be able to edit one on an iPhone if you did have it in Files app - I'm not counting Notes app as a text file here.

I do quarterly notes inside of Notes app but it mostly non-work related stuff and doesn't integrate well with desktop since its kind of a pain to login to iCloud from browser. Quarterly notes bc once the note gets too long, it gets very laggy on phone and is difficult to navigate; i.e. getting to the bottom to write a new line can be tough on mobile.

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arduinomancer ◴[11 Dec 25 21:46 UTC] No.46237642[source]▶
You don't have to use the same solution for work and personal notes
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1. wkat4242 ◴[12 Dec 25 03:29 UTC] No.46240569[source]▶
Yeah I don't either, I have to use onenote at work and i use obsidian personally. I'd be a lot more productive if I'd be able to use obsidian there though. Onenote is a turd.