I don’t keep track of random ideas anymore. I trust fully that I won’t run out of ideas. Writing down every idea you have is a symptom of anxiety in my book, or to be more precise, a lack of trust in yourself.

I eliminate whatever is unnecessary to make progress with my work and keep just one README.md on the progress I’m making. If an idea is critical to whatever it is I happen to be working on I write it down on a piece of paper, to be consumed quickly by the README.

It’s freeing and it’s made me considerably happier at work.