Productivity, notes & knowledge

5 requests, newest first

• Wish it existed

  section or note on the website about why these pho places are just numbered like this

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  I wish there were a section or note on the website about why these pho places are just numbered like this.

  akellermann · Oct 7, 2026in “Every Pho Number”

• Wish it existed

  password manager with a different focus

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  I wish there was a password manager with a different focus.

  valenterry · Aug 29, 2026in “Show HN: Sesame - a local-first, open-source password manager”

• Wish it existed

  saying like "A tool is not the task" similar to "A map is not the land

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  There should be a saying like "A tool is not the task" similar to "A map is not the land." As professional tool makers it can be easy to replace the task with a tool in theory, but that's not reality.

  dexwiz · Apr 7, 2026in “How to get better at guitar”

• Wish it existed

  never ending productivity increase but when you sell a prompt as a product, people use it as a black box to get things done

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  So ideally there should be a never ending productivity increase but when you sell a prompt as a product, people use it as a black box to get things done.

  kamaal · Feb 24, 2026in “AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says”

• Wish it existed

  bookmarking / note keeping service with snapshots and context based (local LLM

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  To some extent I wish there was a bookmarking / note keeping service with snapshots and context based (local LLM?) search solving this.

  haunter · Jan 31, 2026in “Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions?”