I'm also very curious, what makes a retrieval moment “great” and how often it happens.If someone could help you increase the likelihood of it happening, would you find that valuable?

1. I actually saved it in the one place I should save links

2. The thing that I remember seeing actually fits with my current train of thought or understanding

3. I tagged the link meaningfully.

I have tried a lot of twin brain, second mind, etc etc. but I find myself doing the same thing no matter what layer is on top of the link fetching.

When you tried the twin brain/second mind approaches, what specifically failed for you? Was it capture overhead, inconsistent tagging, not knowing where to put things, or simply that nothing resurfaced at the right moment without you searching?

Also, what did “tagged meaningfully” look like in your system — topic tags, project tags, or “why I saved this” tags?

I’m exploring an approach centered on “active targets/projects as the context signal” to improve resurfacing without more organization work (more context in my HN profile/bio if you want to compare).