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My take on "systems to organise your life". It may help somebody: https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system

comment by galfarragem · 2025-02-21 · in Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life

…it) took me years to refine and match my brain/personality. Seems to be interesting to others also: https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system

comment by galfarragem · 2023-08-31 · in Ask HN: How do you organize your data and maintain digital hygiene?

…my news aggregator[2]. All my github projects are somehow a tool to deal with digital obesity. [0] https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system [1] https://github.com/slowernews/notebook [2] https://github.com/slowernews/slowernews

comment by galfarragem · 2023-01-07 · in My bad habit of hoarding information

…time to simply consider a new project and a symlink . Not pure but is simple and practical. [0] https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system#hamster-folder-...

comment by galfarragem · 2022-11-01 · in Taxonomy Is Hard

…from this article. I believe that there is an ultimate solution from where is hard to deviate. [0] https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system

comment by galfarragem · 2022-09-18 · in My productivity system

…decide to open source your code in the future, let me know and I'll add somehow a link to it. [0] https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system#hamster-budget-...

comment by galfarragem · 2022-03-16 · in Show HN: I wrote an eBook about tracking your Net Worth with Kotlin

If you like analog, you may get some tidbits from here also[0]. [0] https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system

comment by galfarragem · 2022-02-11 · in Analog: A simple productivity system

My take is to organize everything by projects using a predictable structure and naming.[0] [0] https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system

comment by galfarragem · 2020-12-13 · in Johnny.Decimal

…is relevant to do so. I don't dive into "implementation details" but you might find something here: https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system#hamster-flow

comment by galfarragem · 2020-06-07 · in Zettelkasten note-taking in 10 minutes

"Every document belongs to a project": https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system

comment by galfarragem · 2020-06-03 · in Ask HN: How do you organise your files and folders?

Some hints: https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system

comment by galfarragem · 2020-02-09 · in My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file

Thought-provoking idea: you don't need a personal budget. https://github.com/slowernews/hamster-system#hamster-budget

comment by galfarragem · 2019-08-29 · in Show HN: Lunch Money, a personal budgeting tool with multi-currency support

I use a simple TXT file formatted as YAML that is a part of my organization system: https://github.com/galfarragem/superfolder

comment by galfarragem · 2018-07-29 · in Ask HN: How do you keep track of articles you want to read?

…and tree-shake them often. Be consistent and it will require low maintenance. It might help: https://github.com/galfarragem/superfolder

comment by galfarragem · 2018-06-21 · in Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

…in terms of putting all the info into the filename: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16611413 https://github.com/galfarragem/superfolder Maybe it's not the one you were looking for, but could be useful anyway?

comment by ATDrake · 2018-05-28 · in Ask HN: What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?

…and recurrently digest it (manually throw away what became irrelevant) Some extra thoughts: https://github.com/galfarragem/superfolder

comment by galfarragem · 2018-03-18 · in The Collector’s Fallacy

A loose implementation: https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2017-11-13 · in A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done

It might be relevant: https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2017-10-15 · in The software engineering notebook

…by Cal Newport: http://calnewport.com/blog/2013/12/21/deep-habits-the-import... My tools: https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2017-06-17 · in Ask HN: Do you plan your next day ahead?

Or just use Sublime and a cloud. Ctrl+Shift+F will search all your notes. ( https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd )

comment by galfarragem · 2017-05-24 · in Show HN: Real-time notes app built with Vue.js, inspired by Notational Velocity

This works for me: https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2016-12-20 · in Ask HN: What do you use to take notes?

For the bulk of my personal organization (file organization, note taking and todo lists): https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd My stack is becoming simpler as I declutter my life. On last update, I quitted Evernote and my notes are…

comment by galfarragem · 2016-10-26 · in Ask HN: How do you organise/integrate all the information in your life?

…the same large set of files, so to simplify collaboration a good file naming system is mandatory. https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2016-10-21 · in There’s magic in mess: Why you should embrace a disorderly desk

…a simple system based on conventions [1]? You can predict where something is most of times. [1] https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2016-10-11 · in Show HN: TagSpaces – An open source personal data manager

…on projects that require collaboration. If not Evernote and/or a paper notebook are enough. [1] https://github.com/galfarragem/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2016-07-15 · in How to Get More Productive Using Personal Kanban, GTD, and Agile

…happy to ditch gmail. This could be an interesting path, Gmail doesn't have strong competition. [1] https://github.com/we-build-dreams/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2016-01-07 · in Evernote’s 5% problem offers a cautionary lesson to tech companies

…same line. This simple method makes notes searchable, shareable and flexible. If you're interested: https://github.com/we-build-dreams/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2015-12-21 · in Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

…a sheet of paper is more efficient for that. [1] http://paulgraham.com/procrastination.html [2] https://github.com/we-build-dreams/hamster-gtd (a simple implementation that you can use as a starting point)

comment by galfarragem · 2015-12-20 · in GTD sucks for creative work. Here’s an alternative system

…the original book ( Get Things Done by David Allen) you can have a look at my implementation: https://github.com/we-build-dreams/hamster-gtd , might be a good starting point.

comment by galfarragem · 2015-04-10 · in How did you bootstap your personal discipline?

…their life. Read about it, you'll not regret it. If you ever want to implementate it you can try: https://github.com/we-build-dreams/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2015-04-08 · in Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and getting older?

…I not even thought of going back. If you ever try GTD I recommend you this simple implementation: https://github.com/we-build-dreams/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2015-03-30 · in Ask HN: How do you keep track of everything?

…system I ever used. If you ever decide to try GTD have a look on this ultra simple implementation: https://github.com/we-build-dreams/hamster-gtd

comment by galfarragem · 2015-03-15 · in Any good open-source self-hosted evernote alternatives?

…pays off very fast. [1] http://www.thesecretweapon.org/media/Manifesto/The-Secret-We... [2] https://github.com/we-build-dreams/folder-system

comment by galfarragem · 2014-12-29 · in Ask HN: How do you manage/organize information and knowledge in your life?

…my documents based on GTD [1]. The initial investment (file renaming) pays off on the long run. [1] https://github.com/we-build-dreams/folder-system

comment by galfarragem · 2014-12-14 · in TMSU is a tool for tagging your files

…[2] http://javascriptweekly.com/ [3] http://www.thesecretweapon.org/ [4] https://github.com/we-build-dreams/folder-system

comment by galfarragem · 2014-12-08 · in Ask HN: How can I remedy scatter brain and information overload?