Ask HN: How do you organise your hard drive?

Re:Ask HN: How do you organise your hard drive? by oldmancoyote on Sunday January 06, 2019 @12:49AM (#18836795)

I keep all my very current projects on the desktop along with temporary items and odd-balls I haven't classified. Everything else goes into folder called "A Reference System" which contains a folder for each letter of the alphabet.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you organise your hard drive? by Wowfunhappy on Sunday January 06, 2019 @01:09AM (#18836861)

> Everything else goes into folder called "A Reference System" which contains a folder for each letter of the alphabet.

Wouldn't it be easier to just keep the directory structure flat, and use software to jump between letters? For instance, on macOS I can just press the "C" key and Finder will jump to items that start with C.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you organise your hard drive? by oldmancoyote on Sunday January 06, 2019 @01:19AM (#18836889)

I would feel skittish without a more formal structure.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you organise your hard drive? by cogs on Sunday January 06, 2019 @12:59AM (#18836834)

Wow. But then the question is - what word does the letter represent: is it a topic, a project, the name of the tool ... ?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you organise your hard drive? by oldmancoyote on Sunday January 06, 2019 @01:18AM (#18836883)

I play it by ear and just let my decision happen without worrying about. If I don't remember where it is, a system-wide search eventually leads me to it.

Just browsing through the alphabet is enjoyable as it brings up neat things I had forgotten about.

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