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Re:Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to t... by item007 on Saturday January 31, 2026 @02:15AM (#46834240)
Totally agree — learning to prune the “good intentions” pile is a real productivity upgrade. Out of curiosity: do you have a simple rule for what you cut (age-based, relevance to current projects, or “if it didn’t turn into action, delete”)?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to t... by ozim on Saturday January 31, 2026 @04:50AM (#46835064)
Last 2 or 3 years I do end of the year pruning.

Stuff that is relevant for things I am currently busy with are recent so like last couple weeks. Stuff that I don’t remember touching in those weeks gets deleted.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to t... by item007 on Saturday January 31, 2026 @05:00AM (#46835138)
That’s a great pruning heuristic. Is this mostly about notes/links, or do you apply the same rule to other inputs too (email, chat threads, bookmarked posts, PDFs, repos, etc.)?

For the non-note stuff, do you have a “recently touched” equivalent, or do you rely on different rules (e.g. archiving/search for email, starred threads for chat, etc.)?

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