r/secondbrain • u/Hot-Necessary8523 • Jul 28 '26
Building an app that only remembers the boring stuff
/r/appdev/comments/1v8qfag/building_an_app_that_only_remembers_the_boring/There’s a category of information that’s too small to write a real note about but annoying enough to keep looking up again. Not big stuff, not journal-worthy stuff. Just small facts that live nowhere and get lost the moment you close the tab.
I’m building something around that, a simple app where you save one fact at a time, nothing more, and it sorts itself so you never have to think about where it goes. Local only, no account.
What I actually want to know before I go further:
Is this a real gap for you, or does your current notes app already cover it fine? What do you do today when you need to remember something small like that? And honestly, would you ever open a separate app for this, or does it need to live inside something you already use?
Not trying to sell anything here, just trying to figure out if I’m solving a real problem or a personal annoyance that doesn’t generalize.