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Re:I Deleted My Second Brain on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:41AM (#48063016)
I think the useful middle ground if it’s getting to be too much is not trying to merge every note into a “second brain”. But instead keeping a much smaller reusable layer for the things you actually want to come back to, ideas, links, AI prompts, quick replies, checklists, and notes you reuse often.

If my notes are not visually scannable in categories and easily retrievable then I just end up forgetting about them.

So I use a text manager with a custom keyboard so I can quickly find and paste things whenever I need. I use the app Snippeta for this.

Re:Take better notes, by hand on Sunday April 05, 2026 @12:39AM (#47646151)
Writing is very good for understanding, but I needed help to improve the utility of the notes instead of just forgetting them forever, especially any notes I reuse or research a lot.

So I also put those into a text manager and custom keyboard so I can one tap paste them whenever I need. I use the app Snippeta for this.

Super cool, I'm also interested with this problem space. Im building Snippeta that is a utility app and custom keyboard for saving text snippets like links, AI prompts, quick replies, etc.

So for example you could save your AI prompts in it, and use the custom keyboard to quickly paste them into ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.

I wonder if I should build an integration into this or my own MCP server..