Ask HN: What starts to break down as your notes grow?
Hi HN,
For people who keep a lot of notes over time: what actually gets harder once your note collection grows?
I’m not really asking which tool is best. I’m more interested in the failure modes.
For example:
• capture is easy, but organizing later becomes heavy
• search works, but reusing information in context is awkward
• one note ends up belonging to multiple places
• structure helps at first, then becomes overhead
If you’ve used tools like Obsidian, Notion, Logseq, Apple Notes, or plain Markdown for a while, what started to feel limiting for you?
For people who keep a lot of notes over time: what actually gets harder once your note collection grows?
I’m not really asking which tool is best. I’m more interested in the failure modes.
For example: • capture is easy, but organizing later becomes heavy • search works, but reusing information in context is awkward • one note ends up belonging to multiple places • structure helps at first, then becomes overhead
If you’ve used tools like Obsidian, Notion, Logseq, Apple Notes, or plain Markdown for a while, what started to feel limiting for you?