How I simplified my Second Brain when it grew too complex to use. A minimal PKM approach that prioritizes using information over collecting it.
Software · Systems · Sound
Daniel
La Corte
Product Owner, Data Engineering
52.5200°N · 13.4050°E · Berlin, DE
Product Owner for Data Engineering at idealo. Writing about data products, AI, and building things worth building.
Data Engineering
Next.js
AWS
Claude API
TypeScript
Berlin, DE
Writing
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Simplifying My Second Brain
Second Brain, finally using what I collect
How the Building a Second Brain method by Tiago Forte changed the way I capture and use information. Personal knowledge management that actually works.
Projects
5
2025
A personal patch documentation tool for Moog synthesizers — DFAM, Subharmonicon, and Mother-32. Document knob positions, …
A Chrome extension and Obsidian plugin that clips web pages as Markdown directly into your Obsidian vault. A lightweight …
2025
An AI-powered aesthetic analysis engine that translates a mood or feeling into a structured creative brief — moodboard, …
A self-built data pipeline that pulls Apple HealthKit data from an iPhone via TCP and makes two years of health metrics …
2026
A free, browser-based polyrhythmic drum machine built with Tone.js. Six independent lanes with per-step probability and …