Lately I’ve been feeling pretty proud of the workflow I’ve put together.
Stagsi has hands down been the most useful tool I’ve ever worked with. And once I started mixing it with ChatGPT, the whole setup turned into this little treasure chest of knowledge.
A few months back, I hacked together a quick script that takes the ChatGPT database I download, chops it into smaller pieces, and imports them into Stagsi [see the script here]. Now I can tag each session however I want, which makes searching later on a breeze. Right now, I’ve got over 1,600 ChatGPT sessions saved in Stagsi, covering all sorts of topics. Want that recipe I asked ChatGPT for two years ago? Easy: I just type “cooking, shrimp, ChatGPT” in the search bar and it pops right up. Same deal if I’m hunting for code snippets tied to a design pattern ChatGPT once generated for me. It’s all there, neatly labeled and instantly searchable.
Basically, Stagsi is like a power-up for ChatGPT in my world.
On top of that, I also spun up my own personal knowledge base and note-taking system. Kind of like DokuWiki or LogSeq in spirit, but even more plain-text friendly without excessive markdowns or login. I mostly stick to Notepad2e as my main editor, no bloated Word or LibreOffice needed. It’s simple, clean, fast, and just works.
What’s fun is that my little system can take those .txt files and spit them out in different formats: HTML, EPUB, and maybe even mind maps once I get around to it. I originally created this tool for converting short-stories to EPUB, PDF and MOBI.
This whole system has massively leveled up how I handle documentation. I used to hate writing them, the process always felt clunky and time consuming. But over this summer alone (it wasn’t vacation), I’ve built up a whole directory full of docs, architecture breakdowns, and reference guides. All clean, all in plain text, instantly renderable, and tied together inside Stagsi.
If there’s one thing I’ve figured out as a developer, it’s that what you learn can slip away pretty quickly. Having easy shorcuts to jump back into old tasks makes all the difference.
This post, written by Elder Prince, falls under the micro-update category.
It offers a glimpse into the work happening between major reveals—technical steps that, while less exciting, are essential to making real progress. Just long hours and geeky stuff behind the curtain!
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