The filesystem is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal.
You already have a file manager—use it.
You have a powerful organiser—folders.
Folders are a tried-and-true system. Simple to use.
As good as you make them. Garbage in, garbage out.
Don't underestimate the power of plain text files, either.
They're simple. Lightweight.
A text file is like a grain of sand in a vast hard drive—barely noticeable, yet incredibly useful.
Text is compressed communication.
Fast to read. Fast to write. Efficient to store.
The power lies in its simplicity.
It's black and white—nothing more, nothing less.
File systems let you store and retrieve data in a hierarchy.
It doesn't have to be complicated.
Everyone—from individuals to governments, small businesses to multinational corporations—uses this system.
It’s where you put all your office files.
It’s what your applications rely on behind the scenes.
It does everything you need:
Create, delete, rename, copy.
It even stores metadata—last modified time, creation date, file size, and file type.
It works both in the cloud and locally.
And when it's local? It’s blazing fast.
The filesystem is one of the best ways to organise and manage digital information.
Use it for note-taking.
Note-taking needs to be simple, fast, and reliable.
The filesystem ticks all three boxes.
And then there’s Markdown—one of the best things to happen to modern note-taking.
It’s simple, unlike HTML or LaTeX.
It’s easy to read, easy to write, and platform-independent.
Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS—Markdown works everywhere.
It’s intuitive—you can often guess the formatting just by looking at it.
This is digital minimalism at its finest:
A fast, reliable, cross-platform system built on plain text, folders, and a little bit of structure.
Sometimes, the simplest tools are the most powerful.