Not the OP but I share the sentiment. Doesn't everyone have a default text editor with a Ctrl-N shortcut or equivalent to create an empty text file? That's what I do every time I need to create a quick note. Maybe I don't spend as much time in the browser as everyone else.

So to avoid the hassle of organising folders, you create an editor with only a single folder that has 8 files in it? I can replicate this in a normal text editor by simply using only one folder with 8 files in it. For advanced CLI users, an even simpler (and arguably better) solution to this problem exists:

  vim notes/"$(date -Iminutes)".txt      # author a new note
  vim notes/"$(ls notes | tac | sed 8q)" # edit the 8 most recent notes, starting from newest

I get your point and I agree.