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squaretag

Tag files using just the file name

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Tag files using just the file name

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2016-12-15 09:02:48 UTC to 2024-12-27 23:37:01 UTC.

012016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20162017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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unqueued·Dec 27, 2024
I think symlinks are really underappreciated for organizing files. One cool thing you can do is to treat directories as tags when you symlink into them, since a file can 'belong' to multiple directories. If you're using Windows, you can just use WSL and then you don't need administrative access as the OP's program does. Here are some simple tools to let you use symlinks as tags: https://github.com/perses76/refmat-symlink https://mikeknowl.es/projects/ztag/ https://github.com/michaelknowles/ztag But if anyone is curious about ways to better organize their files in general, I would check the writings of Karl Voit: https://archive.baty.net/2018/using-karl-voits-file-naming-s... https://karl-voit.at/2022/01/29/How-to-Use-Tags/ Simple and portable self describing filenames has served me really well for a long time across many platforms. This s
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cript has done a lot of lifting for me and it will work with WSL with little effort: https://github.com/mdom/squaretag
In Show HN: NeatShift – Organize Windows files with symbolic links

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