Do other people keep developer diaries?

Question

For a long time, I didn't have a cohesive way of keeping track of thoughts, ideas, TODOs, design process, etc. I had source code TODO comments, random screenshots of things I found online, and so on, littered throughout my code base and a "working" folder. Eventually I started keeping everything chronologically in a single Word document.I think the closest I've seen others do is blogging the development process, but that's usually a bit more polished and focused on the end result of the thought process on each decision, rather than - for lack of a better term - going on a journey with the author.Does anyone else do this, in raw, unpolished form? If so, how do you store that (notes app, document, blog draft posts, etc.)?

Shinmon · Accepted Answer

I use obsidian for keeping track of my personal knowledge and learnings. It's markdown and you can customize a lot of the app itself.
The great challenge is to find a structure that suits you.
Knowledge management will become more and more important imho. For me, the crucial things are the learning from a process. You know how people write post mortems for system failures etc? That's kind of what I try to do, for important things. Sure, it's often just bullet points but the "What was the goal" -> "what did I do" -> "what did I learn" format really helps pulling it all together. Publishing and talking about it with others makes it even better for you and others.

lordkrandel · Answer

I do prefer the unpolished form. The structure you give it today isn't the one that's going to help you tomorrow

eurkeya · Answer

"The posts are not here at the moment -- please check box -- archive -- "