The problem in their words
People jot down ideas, links and possible tasks because each one feels important enough to keep at the time, but they never go back to them. Saved notes end up somewhere they would never look again, and long-running workspaces turn into an "archaeological site" of buried thoughts. Good ideas and to-dos get lost instead of becoming action.
Who's asking
- r/notion: 2 posts
- r/productivityapps: 1 post
- r/selfhosted: 1 post
- r/SideProject: 1 post
What they use today
- Emailing links to themselves as reminders
- Tidying a notes text block each morning
- Keeping docs, tasks and ideas in one workspace
- Occasional deep cleaning of old notes
All 5 posts
How do you track/remind yourself about new apps you find?
“My problem is that when I come across a piece of software and want to test it, I send myself an email as a reminder and so that I have the link.”
r/selfhosted · 14 Oct 2026 · Read it on Reddit (How do you track/remind yourself about new apps you find?) Daily Notes/Diary Thoughts
“I have a text block on my daily task / project tracker page where I jot down notes, thoughts, items that may become tasks or projects in the future.”
r/notion · 11 Oct 2026 · Read it on Reddit (Daily Notes/Diary Thoughts) How are you structuring Notion for a solo dev project that spans months?
“The problem is the project is now about eight months in and the workspace has turned into an archaeological site”
r/notion · 6 Sep 2026 · Read it on Reddit (How are you structuring Notion for a solo dev project that spans months?) Do your old notes also disappear into a graveyard?
“At the time, each one felt important enough to jot down. But then I never went back to it.”
r/productivityapps · 21 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (Do your old notes also disappear into a graveyard?) I'm 30, and when I tried to list what I'd done with my life, I got to three things: finished school, started my first business, got married.
“It wasn't that nothing happened — it's that nothing was saved anywhere I would ever look again.”
r/SideProject · 12 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (I'm 30, and when I tried to list what I'd done with my life, I got to three things: finished school, started my first business, got married.)
If you tested it
A headline for the page: “Turn the notes you never reread into things you actually do”
Test first: The riskiest assumption is that people want old notes pushed back to them, not just better storage; a sign-up rate for timed resurfacing would show it.
- Build a one-page site that explains how old ideas, links and to-dos come back at the right time, with an email sign-up for early access.
- Share it in note-taking, productivity and self-hosting communities where people describe notes piling up and never being read again.
- Treat a steady flow of sign-ups, plus replies asking when it launches, as a yes. Silence or only polite praise means no.
Test this idea
Edit it to make it yours, then see who's asking this week. If you want, Ghostlaunch builds the page and runs the 7-day test.