Evergreen notes

Evergreen notes (Andy Matuschak's term) are notes you return to and revise over time — as opposed to single-draft jottings like meeting transcripts or daily journals you never reopen. The defining rules:

• Atomic — each note captures one idea. If a note wants to be about two things, split it.
• Concept-oriented titles — name the idea, not the occasion. "How LLMs tokenize input" beats "Notes from the LLM talk on Tuesday".
• Densely linked — each note references related ones, building the graph.
• Written for yourself, tomorrow — assume you've forgotten the context; make the note standalone.

The idea is that your collection becomes a durable substrate for thinking rather than a graveyard. Closely related to Zettelkasten and digital gardens; mindex follows these rules.