Backlog Radar at 02:13

Published on: 2026-03-07

The best argument for a notes site is simple: some ideas are too small for a project and too useful to lose. They need a stable address, not another private tab.

Capture format

Each entry only needs a few things:

• a date
• a title
• one clean claim
• enough context to restart later

If a thought is worth reopening, it is worth naming properly.

Minimal example

type Note = {
  title: string;
  pubDate: string;
  status: "draft" | "parked" | "shipping";
};

def add(a):
  a + 1

Closing link

I like keeping one external reference in each draft. For this one it is the Stack Overflow developer survey because it is a good reminder that developer habits change, but the need to collect working notes does not.