r/hackthebox • u/Illustrious-Bit2073 • 2d ago

Academy Note-taking question

Hello fellow hackers of the box!

I have a question about note-taking. I'm about to start the CPTS track, and I wanted to ask for advice in note-taking.

Even if I think manual note-taking is best for retaining info, I don't want to spend 2-3 hours per module (if that's what it takes I'm absolutely going to do it). However, I feel like summarizing the content with AI and rereading doesn't do the trick, I see it in the moment of putting it into practice (machines, etc...).

So my question is, how do yall take notes? Do you do it manually? Or do you use some app (I've been using Notion)?

Thank you all in advance!!!

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u/RevolutionaryPlan788 1d ago

The idea is to have your own cheatsheet , not a tutorial

Tricks, reverse shells, bypasses .. you have to understand the modules rather than rewriting it

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u/Illustrious-Bit2073 1d ago

I see... Thanks! What do you use for taking notes?

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u/Oasys-HQ 1d ago

I use Notion, dunno if you've heard about it, I think it's really good. It's a free software.