oliverdavies.uk/content/node.0209ee07-9e17-4c85-ae5e-d14ae42bb22a.yml

42 lines
3.5 KiB
YAML

uuid:
- value: 0209ee07-9e17-4c85-ae5e-d14ae42bb22a
langcode:
- value: en
type:
- target_id: daily_email
target_type: node_type
target_uuid: 8bde1f2f-eef9-4f2d-ae9c-96921f8193d7
revision_timestamp:
- value: '2025-05-11T09:58:29+00:00'
revision_uid:
- target_type: user
target_uuid: b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849
revision_log: { }
status:
- value: true
uid:
- target_type: user
target_uuid: b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849
title:
- value: 'Write it down'
created:
- value: '2025-05-10T09:45:52+00:00'
changed:
- value: '2025-05-11T09:58:29+00:00'
promote:
- value: false
sticky:
- value: false
default_langcode:
- value: true
revision_translation_affected:
- value: true
path:
- alias: /daily/2025/05/10/write
langcode: en
body:
- value: "<p>There's nothing more frustrating for me than seeing an error I've seen before and not remembering how I fixed it last time.</p><p>I try to remember and search for the error message, just to find and read the same articles and posts again or watch the same videos.</p><p>I wrote my first blog post on my website in 2010 to document my learning for myself and to share with others.</p><p>I've also been a keen note taker, using tools like Evernote and others to take notes and write documentation for myself to refer to in the future.</p><p>These days, I just <a href=\"/daily/2024/11/10/write-plain-text-files\">write plain text files</a> using <a href=\"https://github.com/nickjj/notes\">Nick Janetakis' notes program</a>, which I've modified slightly <a href=\"/daily/2025/04/21/patch\">by patching it</a> to create daily notes instead of monthly ones.&nbsp;</p><p>They're fast to write, easy to search and available offline if I'm traveling or away from my computer.</p><p>I much prefer being able to search my notes and find what I'm looking for or, if it's a post that I've written publicly, searching online and finding my own answer.</p><p>Whether you're a new or experienced Developer, you're always learning new things, so write them down for yourself and, if you want, write publicly and share your learnings with others.</p>"
format: basic_html
processed: "<p>There's nothing more frustrating for me than seeing an error I've seen before and not remembering how I fixed it last time.</p><p>I try to remember and search for the error message, just to find and read the same articles and posts again or watch the same videos.</p><p>I wrote my first blog post on my website in 2010 to document my learning for myself and to share with others.</p><p>I've also been a keen note taker, using tools like Evernote and others to take notes and write documentation for myself to refer to in the future.</p><p>These days, I just <a href=\"http://default/daily/2024/11/10/write-plain-text-files\">write plain text files</a> using <a href=\"https://github.com/nickjj/notes\">Nick Janetakis' notes program</a>, which I've modified slightly <a href=\"http://default/daily/2025/04/21/patch\">by patching it</a> to create daily notes instead of monthly ones.&nbsp;</p><p>They're fast to write, easy to search and available offline if I'm traveling or away from my computer.</p><p>I much prefer being able to search my notes and find what I'm looking for or, if it's a post that I've written publicly, searching online and finding my own answer.</p><p>Whether you're a new or experienced Developer, you're always learning new things, so write them down for yourself and, if you want, write publicly and share your learnings with others.</p>"
summary: ''
field_daily_email_cta: { }