Note-Taking and Personal Knowledge Management | Hacker News

A Hacker News thread debated whether Obsidian, linked notes, and Anki genuinely improve learning or mainly fuel productivity anxiety.

Many commenters advised keeping note-taking simple, starting with clear goals, and adding tools only as needed.

The prevailing view was that overengineered PKM setups are less useful than minimal markdown notes and incremental workflows.

Several replies said real learning should be judged by performance, explanations, and practical work, not constant serialization or self-testing.