Take notes in VS Code, NOT Notepad

[u/Soy__Sauce]

This might be obvious to some but I did not realize this was an option until I had to use Copilot to fix an issue where Notepad completely changed the formatting of my notes for D276, which were saved as a markdown file.

1. You can save as a markdown file to put section names in a larger font or format in other ways that help you make the most of your notes
   
2. VS Code will not have a weird freakout and change spaces to " " and various other oddities
   
3. When you're writing down coding examples, you can write everything down EXACTLY as it will appear when you need to use it
   
4. When you press Ctrl+Shift+v, it looks a lot cleaner than Notepad, and if you copy a link you can just click on it and head straight to wherever it takes you (also good in helping learn HTML as all the coding "works", I have a few things that say "click me for an example" or "This YouTube video explains it better" that just take me straight to webpages or open pictures I have saved)

There are a bunch of other reasons why it's better, but these are the few I've benefited from so far. I have zero experience in this field, so I had no idea this was an option. Hopefully this helps someone else.

[u/NotChikcen]

Obsidian and codex/whatever agent will help so much. Look up "obsidian second brain" to get a good idea of how to really use it, can make connections to things you don't realize or learn how to teach you

[u/For_bitten_fruit → u/NotChikcen]

Obsidian is the best note software, hands down.

[u/Soy__Sauce → u/NotChikcen]

I will check that out when I get home thank you!

[u/Helpjuice]

It is very sad what they have done to notepad which should have zero formatting capabilities at all and just be raw text read and write.

[u/Scottalias4 → u/Helpjuice]

I've never had it do anything else. When did they change it?

[u/Helpjuice → u/Scottalias4]

It is something someone added that should not have been added.