I use emacs (doom-emacs distribution) and org-mode. `SPC X` (org-capture) is my go-to keybinding. With it I can take global/local (for each project) notes and todo lists.

I also take notes on my todo items (C-c C-z) when I start a timer for it.

Search is not a big concern, but the fuzzy search (SPC s p) doom-emacs provides is good enough for my use cases.