Note-Taking Tools Become Projects Themselves Due to Over-Customization
Note-taking and knowledge management tools become productivity drains as users spend more time customizing the tool than capturing information. The flexibility that attracts users to tools like Notion eventually creates overhead that defeats the purpose.
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