Notes

The contents of my brain, at my fingertips.

Or at least that's what my idea for this project is. Maybe someday I'll think of a better name than notes, but for now, I'll just stick with it and start committing.

The idea

I've picked up things here and there over the years. Some things I remember, some I forget. Some I write down, some I don't. Some I write down twice because I forgot about the first time. I'm becoming frustrated with the difficulties involved in retrieving solutions to problems I've solved in the past. I'll recognize the need for a specific command or pattern, only to scour three sets of notes and whichever one of the repositories I worked in the last few weeks for the right section of code to review or copy. I want these little post-its of bit sized knowledge to be more easily retrieved.

My plan is to use a set of markdown documents, one for each topic, with metadata stored in the frontmatter. I can use fzf as an interface to this little database, allowing quick access to medium-form documentation and shortcuts for copying useful snippets and whatnot.

To try it out, clone this repo to ~/notes and launch notes_entry.sh. Filter notes with input, press enter to open the selected one (in $EDITOR) or create a new note if there is no match. If the note has a snippet tied to it, it will be shown in the top of the preview window. Copy it with ctrl-y.

Dependencies

• fzf
• yq
• bat
• mdcat