The Commonplace Repo or (Show How You) Build in Public
I keep a commonplace book on my GitHub. Commonplace books have existed since antiquity and persisted through modern times. They are simply personal notebooks where the author collects anything interesting or potentially useful. These notebooks serve the purpose of capturing a thought or an observation for future reference. I believe that, at their core, every learning or knowledge-production system implements some version of a commonplace book. Wikipedia says: They can variously contain notes, proverbs, adages, aphorisms, maxims, recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, prayers, legal formulas, and other professional references." ...