Comment by resiros

I completely disagree with the author. I have been using Roam for last two years and I could not be happier. Roam deeply changed my life. It became my system for almost everything:

- Personal therapist helping me find patterns in my thought

- A personal journal helping me determine my life value and goals

- A productivity coach through an OKR system with daily, weekly and monthly checkups

- A system for learning and focusing on what to learn

- A system for planning and what to read (a reading list ++)

- Zettlekasten system for developing ideas in my research and startups

- A place for random notes about everything (a short meeting from last year, a startup I stumbled upon two years ago, a recipe someone told me about)

Roam is not the only system I use. I find inadequate for organized thoughts. If you need an engineering wiki for your project, I would not recommend Roam, notion would be the better option. Similarly if you need project planning, go with Clickup. But, if you need a second brain, somewhere chaotic yet very powerful, Roam is your best option.