jaymakes11 / idea-folder

A simple approach to creating and managing ideas

Idea Repo Template

A simple approach to creating and managing product ideas (locally, via Markdown).

Create a new note via the cli with bin/newIdea.sh

Notes

• Stores ideas in Markdown files (one file per idea)
• Create a new idea via bin/newIdea.sh
• Hugo-like CLI creation of new files (credit for idea)
• New ideas are created from a template (to help with consistency and efficiency in hashing-out the idea)
• Adjust the default idea template to your needs and preferences (it's /archetypes/idea-template.md)
• Uses a file-naming structure for ideas ((i){filename}.md) for grouping in file-explorer UIs and searchability
• View (i)example.md to see the initial file created from the idea-template archetype
• Easily create new templates and shell commands based on the existing (for other types of ideas, e.g. a top-based "thinking" file)
• Remember to make each bin/* file executable (e.g. chmod 0755 bin/newIdea.sh)

Tips / Considerations

• If you're on MacOS, install QLMarkdown to quickly view rendered Markdown via quick look (e.g. press space in finder when file is selected, use arrows to switch to different files)
• Use with Obsidian (might be obsolete if using specific plugins/workflows in Obsidian)
• Use a local Markdown server to view ideas in your browser (e.g. Madness, md-fileserver, markserv)

Enhancement Considerations

• Make the CLI more sophisticated (though the simplicity is refreshing)
• Would "templates" be a better name than "archetypes"?

Questions/Thoughts/Feedback/Etc/Etc?

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