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jukil / plain-text-life

plain-text-life

A template to organise life in plain text files

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A template to organise life in plain text files

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2025-01-17 20:05:50 UTC to 2025-12-12 04:46:33 UTC.

012025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsJan 20252025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJun 20252025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsDec 2025

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Dec 20252025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Brajeshwar·Dec 12, 2025
Been in a similar philosophy for a while now. I like the idea of staying native to the OS, using open formats as much as possible, and using interoperable toolings. The idea is to approach content as data-first, with tools on top, and be at ease with plans to Walk-Out when needed. Besides the article in discussion, here are a few inspirations for plain-text as the defaults. - The writing of our very own Obsidian’s CEO, Steph Ango at https://stephango.com @kepano on HN. - A Plain Text Personal Organizer, https://danlucraft.com/blog/2008/04/plain-text-organizer/ - A template to organise life in plain text, https://github.com/jukil/plain-text-life - Achieve a text-only work-flow, http://donlelek.github.io/2015-03-09-text-only-workflow/ - Note Taking, Writing and Life Organization Using Plain Text Files, http://www.markwk.com/plain-text-life.
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html - Plain Text Journaling System, https://georgecoghill.wordpress.com/plain-text/ - Plain Text Project, https://plaintextproject.online/ - PlainText Productivity, http://plaintext-productivity.net/ - The Plain Text Life: Note Taking, Writing and Life Organization Using Plain Text Files, http://www.markwk.com/plain-text-life.html - Use plain text email, https://useplaintext.email/ - Writing Plain Text by Derek Sivers, https://sive.rs/plaintext
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