TIL
Productivity
personal knowledge notes
SHOW HN2016
819points
150comments
#9of 2,264 in 2016
Top 1%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
40 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 83 comments about the project. Thread score +0.43.
Idea: 35 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 4 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for personal learning log
From 3 comments
Just wanted to say, this is an excellent idea and I'll be blatantly stealing it for myself from this point forward; thank you for putting this motivation in my head by your…
existencebox on HNThis is great idea. I always had other way to keep my learnings at a single place, for which I have used Anki tool. At times, down the line I open my Anki tool and see those…
antoaravinth on HNThis is one of the most interesting posts I've seen on HN in a while. Great job, keep up the good work!
theyCallMeSwift on HN
Keeping it in git is a smart choice
From 2 comments
Great job, and even better idea for putting it into a git repo! I've been keeping a sort of "development log" for the past few years where, each day, I write a small blurb about…
stygiansonic on HNJust wanted to say, this is an excellent idea and I'll be blatantly stealing it for myself from this point forward; thank you for putting this motivation in my head by your…
existencebox on HN
Objections
Many entries are easily googled basics
From 1 comment
I don't understand the enthusiasm for this or the rampant forking going on. Most of these fall firmly under "let me google that for you." ``` How do I check my Ubuntu version?…
dxhdr on HN
Requests
Add search or a site view
From 2 comments
great idea, I use drupal to keep some notes myself, but this is concise and easier to access, when this list grows you may want to add a search button to it?
ausjke on HNI extracted a static site out of this and put it up at http://til.zammu.in/ . This kind of content is great for Static Sites as people can easily contribute to them using Github…
minhajuddin on HN
Connect to Twitter updates
From 1 comment
Would be nice to connect this to Twitter and get an update when a new one appears. Have you thought of doing that?
state on HN
Questions
What does TIL stand for?
From 1 comment
What does TIL stand for?
vctsg3 on HN
Alternatives named
Developer diary kept privately
From 1 comment
Didn't know what a TIL was until just now. However I've been doing something very similar for over a year now. Its called a Developer Diary. I can't give credit for the talk that…
ShaunFinglas on HN
devarist note app
From 1 comment
I've been using http://www.devarist.com (which was posted on HN back in August last year) to record little tidbits on an almost daily basis, and it's been working pretty well. If…
cableshaft on HN
Notational Velocity
From 1 comment
I've been using Notational Velocity for a while in this way. It's wonderful. Synced on Dropbox, my "little black book" is available on any device I have at hand, and instantly…
emp on HN