Comment by item007

That makes sense — link hoarding is basically “maybe-useful reference capture”, and the hard part is turning that small slice into something retrievable without spending your life organizing.

The open-source + file-based constraint is a strong signal. One direction I’m exploring is to keep everything as raw sources (links/files) and build a local index over them, so you can pull a “what do I already have on X?” brief on demand, without needing a fully curated Obsidian-style setup.

For Silverbullet specifically: what would “meaningfully useful” look like for you as a first step?

1. better recall (fuzzy/semantic search over saved links + notes)

2. periodic resurfacing (a digest of “you saved this months ago, might matter now”)

3. extracting a lightweight summary + a few key takeaways per link

Details in my HN profile/bio if you want the longer context.