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title: Other plain texters
date: 2024-12-11
permalink: daily/2024/12/11/other-plain-texters
tags: []
cta: ~
snippet: |
  It's not just me who writes their notes in plain text files. Here are some others who I found recently.
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After writing about [using text files for my personal wiki][0], I've found others who do the same.

- Derek Sivers wrote a blog post about [why he uses text files][5].
- Ricky Kresslein read Derek's blog post and migrated his notes, [wrote a blog post][3] and recorded a video.
- Sebastian Daschner recorded a video about [a simple knowledge system][4] using plain-text files and asciidoc.
- Nick Janetakis, a former guest [on the Beyond Blocks podcast][1], wrote a small Bash script to maintain his plain text files, which I've [added to my NixOS configuration][2].

Do you know anyone else who uses plain text files for their notes?

If you don't, I'd recommend it.

[0]: {{site.url}}/daily/2024/11/10/write-plain-text-files
[1]: {{site.url}}/podcast/nick-janetakis-docker
[2]: https://github.com/opdavies/dotfiles/commit/73d801d7acf53d82f341f738c655fb6a2fcdcd70
[3]: https://kressle.in/txt
[4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-afP8cpBpXU
[5]: https://sive.rs/plaintext