What are you doing this weekend?
The author maintains a 300-line org-mode file with links to interesting projects, which they use for inspiration and reference. They are currently restructuring the file into a two-level tag classification system to improve organization. Despite anticipating minimal practical benefit, they remain preoccupied with optimizing the hierarchy.
- ▪The author uses an org-mode file to store and retrieve links to various projects.
- ▪The file has grown organically and lacks a coherent hierarchical structure.
- ▪They are experimenting with a two-level tag system and considering algorithms to flatten it into a useful hierarchy.
- ▪The goal is to structure the data so that each leaf node contains around 3–7 links, ideally close to 5.
- ▪The author acknowledges the effort may be excessive but continues due to personal compulsion.
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Overthinking and overcomplicating, of course. I have a 300-line org-mode file with links to interesting projects. Frequently, someone asks me if I know about a tool to do something obscure and I can pull it out of there. It also helps me remember those things. And sometimes when I'm idle I browse the list to get inspiration. However, this file bothers me. The hierarchy has evolved organically and it feels bad. I have spent over an hour converting org-mode to a more structured format and I'm still not done :( This new format uses a two-level tag classification. My idea is to play and try to find an algorithm that will flatten the two-level tag classification into a useful hierarchy.
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