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Re:Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful ... by egberts1 on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @08:22AM (#47136817)
My only friction with hierarchy-type store of bookmarks is the orthogonal labeling scheme remains poorly or unsupported.

Slapping a tag or two (or many) is bandaid.

Need a way to navigate a tree for a bookmark that is repeatedly tagged and filed across hierarchy.

Perfect example: retirement, budget, investment firms, reviewed

Each day has a focus, and it often arrives differently to a same bookmark.

Handcrafted Wikipedia category tree is a good start but still no navigation panel and a search box thereof.

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you save links, notes and random useful ... by a_protsyuk on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @01:36PM (#47140801)
This is the fundamental problem with hierarchies - knowledge is multi-dimensional but folders are one-dimensional. You shouldn't have to decide if "Vanguard 2026 review" lives under /retirement or /budget or /investments. What if you could just search "retirement investment options I reviewed" and find it regardless of where it was filed - by meaning, not by path?
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