Writing Effective Notes

---
title: Coffee Brewing Methods
type: note
tags: [coffee, brewing]
permalink: coffee-brewing-methods
---

# Coffee Brewing Methods

## Observations
- [method] Pour over provides more flavor clarity than French press
- [technique] Water temperature at 205°F extracts optimal compounds #brewing
- [preference] Ethiopian beans work well with lighter roasts (personal experience)

## Relations
- relates_to [[Coffee Bean Origins]]
- requires [[Proper Grinding Technique]]
- contrasts_with [[Tea Brewing Methods]]

---
title: API Design
status: in-progress
priority: high
assignee: alice
due_date: 2024-12-31
---

- [category] content #tag1 #tag2 (optional context)

## Technical Observations
- [tech] Uses SQLite for local storage #database
- [design] Follows local-first architecture #architecture
- [decision] Selected bcrypt for password hashing #security (based on OWASP audit)
- [performance] Query time under 50ms for 10k documents

## Learning Observations
- [insight] Async patterns reduce code complexity
- [tip] Use context managers for resource cleanup
- [question] Should we add Redis caching?
- [experiment] Tried connection pooling - 2x speedup

## Meeting Observations
- [attendees] Alice, Bob, Carol
- [decision] Ship MVP by end of Q1
- [action_item] Bob to review PR #42
- [blocker] Waiting on API credentials

## Person Observations
- [name] Paul Graham
- [role] Essayist and investor
- [expertise] Startups
- [expertise] Lisp
- [expertise] Essay writing

- relation_type [[Target Entity]] (optional context)

This approach builds on [[Core Design Principles]] and uses
[[Utility Functions]] for data processing.

- requires [[New Feature]] (to be implemented)
- relates_to [[Future Research Area]]

---
title: Authentication System
type: technical
tags: [auth, security, api]
status: active
---

# Authentication System

## Observations
- [tech] JWT-based authentication with refresh tokens
- [design] Tokens expire after 24 hours for security
- [decision] Using bcrypt with cost factor 12 (OWASP recommendation)
- [performance] Auth middleware adds ~5ms overhead
- [security] Implemented rate limiting on login endpoints

## Relations
- implements [[Security Architecture]]
- depends_on [[User Database Schema]]
- uses [[Cryptography Library]]
- documented_in [[API Reference]]

---
title: Sprint Planning - 2024-01-15
type: meeting
tags: [planning, team, sprint]
date: 2024-01-15
---

# Sprint Planning - 2024-01-15

## Observations
- [attendees] Alice, Bob, Carol, David
- [decision] Focus on authentication features this sprint
- [decision] Target 40 story points
- [action_item] Alice to review database schema
- [action_item] Bob to implement JWT validation
- [blocker] Waiting on security audit results
- [note] Next planning session: 2024-01-29

## Relations
- part_of [[Q1 2024 Roadmap]]
- related_to [[Authentication System]]
- follows [[Previous Sprint Retro]]

---
title: Semantic Search Implementation
type: research
tags: [search, ml, embeddings]
status: in-progress
---

# Semantic Search Implementation

## Observations
- [approach] Using sentence transformers for embeddings
- [performance] ~100ms per query with 10k documents
- [experiment] Tried FAISS index - 3x faster than cosine similarity
- [limitation] Embeddings require 384 dimensions per document
- [tradeoff] Accuracy vs speed - hybrid approach seems best
- [resource] Sentence Transformers documentation

## Relations
- implements [[Search Strategy]]
- improves [[Existing FTS Search]]
- requires [[Vector Database]]
- inspired_by [[Semantic Kernel Design]]
- relates_to [[Knowledge Graph Traversal]]

---
title: Paul Graham
type: person
tags: [startups, essays, programming]
---

# Paul Graham

## Observations
- [name] Paul Graham
- [role] Essayist and investor
- [expertise] Startup advice
- [expertise] Lisp programming
- [expertise] Essay writing
- [background] Created Viaweb, first web application
- [influence] Changed how people think about startups

## Relations
- founded [[Y Combinator]]
- authored [[Hackers and Painters]]
- authored [[On Lisp]]
- inspired [[Startup Culture]]

"Create a note about today's architecture meeting. Include attendees,
key decisions, and action items. Link it to the Authentication System note."

"Document the new caching strategy we discussed, including the
performance tradeoffs and why we chose Redis."

"Write a note summarizing what I've learned about semantic search,
including the experiments I ran and their results."

"Create a person note for Jane Smith with her role, expertise areas,
and connections to relevant projects."

"Document this as a technical decision with observations about the
approach, rationale, and tradeoffs. Link it to related architecture notes."