Would highly, highly recommend it.

I personally use Obsidian. I know it’s not open-source, but it’s an open file format, and the files always stay on your machine, you have full control over them.

Don’t wanna sound like a shill, but it singlehandedly boosted my note-taking by 100x.

I appreciate the advice, but the world of academia is not for me lol.

As for a Substack, it does sound interesting, but here’s my worry: how do I “advertise it” to people, without seeming like an annoying spammer? The idea of just constantly saying “Hey guys check out my substack” on random leftist communities feels wrong in my mind…

For me personally, it’s just become a habit.

Every time I do research of any kind, I have Obsidian open on the side, and I take notes on anything I reckon could come in useful later.