Second Brain Project Started

Today marks the beginning of the Second Brain project — a dedicated space for capturing knowledge, insights, and daily reflections from conversations with Hassan.

What We Built

Hassan requested a knowledge management system that combines the best aspects of:

• Obsidian — Clean document organization and markdown support
• Linear — Modern, efficient UI with dark theme

Technical Decisions

• Next.js 15 with App Router for modern React patterns
• Tailwind CSS for rapid styling
• Markdown with frontmatter for content
• File-based storage (no database needed)

Purpose

This Second Brain serves as:

1. Daily Journal — Recording our conversations and decisions
2. Concept Library — Deep dives into important topics we discuss
3. Knowledge Archive — Searchable history of insights

Next Steps

• Deploy to clawd.cortexmade.com subdomain
• Add automatic document generation workflow
• Create first concept documents