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I'm at the other side of the note system trade-off thingy. I use Apple Notes.

It's not perfect, but if I really want better search functionality, I'll just use the SQLite database that stores the notes. I've never needed to roll up my sleeves for that. I get around the limitations.

It's not perfect, but crafting one's own Personal Knowledge Management System sounds like a 5 year journey for 10 to 20 hours per week at least.

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Exactly - I have tinkered with all sorts of systems (including Obsidian), and ultimately prefer the simplicity of Apple Notes. I have a system of nested folders and tags that handles my organization needs pretty well, and I find added complexity just ends up adding more friction to the note-taking process. Apple Notes search could certainly use improvement though.

I created Hot Notes to fuzzy search my Apple Notes folders and titles, it is working quite well for me. I think it could work well for your nested folders.

https://github.com/emadda/hot-notes

You might be interested in this, then: https://www.myforevernotes.com/

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