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Commonplace is a second brain for people who think in writing. Write it once. It stays found.
A second2ndbrain, kept
Three verbs. No folders.
1CaptureWrite it the moment it occurs. One inbox, zero filing decisions.
2ConnectLink notes by hand, or let the system propose the obvious ones.
3ResurfaceOld notes return inside new work, the week they become useful.
Plain terms
It is
- Plain markdown files on your disk
- Bidirectional links between notes
- Search that reads meaning, not keywords
- Yours if we disappear tomorrow
It is not
- A folder hierarchy you must maintain
- A database you design before writing
- A feed. Nothing scrolls unless you do
- Locked in. Export is a copy command
“My notes stopped being a landfill and started being a filing system that files itself.”
Thea Lindqvist, architect, Copenhagen
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