improving note workflow

building a note-taking site from scratch isn’t exactly ideal; there are lots of great note-taking applications out there. i’m interested in adding tools that, to my knowledge, don’t exist outside of their own apps–many of which i have individual gripes with–or are actually nonexistent.

needing to unite partitioned features in one dynamic application + the desire to add my own code made a strong case to build out my own notetaking flow. while static sites like those on neocities are far from the optimal note storage solution, i also wanted to do some digital gardening. i love looking at notes & they’re part of who i am, so i integrated my notes into my personal neocities site.

this is less of a blog post and more of a list that, as of may 03 2025, i need to implement. hoping to publish a couple short write ups about how i make them all happen!

things to add (existing)

• template for adding blog posts automatically
  • also, a good way to display many blog posts at once
• a better home page
• fast theorem / lemma / prop boxes
  • better note organization in general
• drop down / minimization for sections
• link previews on hover
  • is this possible in neocities?

things to build

• use scattergl to build a knowledge graph.
  • are the points automatically scattered (otherwise define a loc/distance for them?), can we move the points interactively, adding lines between all the points, constant camera pan
  • how to add points automatically based on posts + define connections, blah, blah?
• index / keyword search for technical terms across all pages
• better looking navigation (no plan)