It probably fits better in the front pocket of one’s trousers. And if so, that’s great news.

IMHO, external schema to validate structures at entry point is the way to go.

We have to have both: types and external schemas in oo languages.

Plus, types make working with maps cumbersome and force you to maybe unnecessary data cages called dto-s

Meanwhile google keyboard collects everything you type and android collects everything you say. Who needs bugs..

Time management.

I agree with you 100% plus, I'd like to take it up a notch by saying that Pure FP evangelists are the sole reason why Scala is not widely used.

Also, it is not seldom that you hear them say "It took me n years to fully grok the _whatever FP concept_". Or Martin Odersky doesn't get the _whatever FP concept_.

So how do they expect the majority of sw engineers will use/adopt those principles if the guy who invented Scala "does not get it" and even themselves took so much time to "get it"...???

...and that's IMO a good thing.

Well, it feels borderline weird -- since it's so obviously similar, it could use a reference.

I use org-mode (in spacemacs), folder synchronized on some cloud, private notes GPG encrypted. For me it's more than perfect. I always find what I am looking for immediately, org-mode is useful in lots of other use cases, emacs has been around for a long time and I trust will stay for the rest of my life...

I second org-mode. Previously I was using OneNote but that is limited to Windows, and on Linux I need to be always online to use the web interface.

To add one more use case: I was thinking of creating flash cards and came across org-dribble which provides the entire functionality of creating and revising flash cards using Supermemo method.

When it comes to note-taking and organising, org-mode is an excellent choice.

I think it is org-drill.