[joshcanhelp]

> how does this information really create significant value for myself?

This was a really important question I asked myself. If I build it, will I use it? I had two answers.

First, I do, somewhat regularly, have reasons to look back into this archive. If it mission-critical? No. Is it nice to have, yes? I like being able to see what happened on a certain day in the past, I like seeing how trends between activities come together, and I like tying systems together locally rather than in the cloud. I use Obsidian so bringing everything together locally is a big motivation.

Second, this is just a hobby, like any other. Having conversations like this, contributing to the universe of open source, connecting with people on the things I feel strongly about (data privacy, local first, life logging) ... it's fun and interesting and a good use of my life. There is a tendency to get a little obsessed with it all (family history of OCD forces me to be mindful about it) but I've enjoyed the process so far.

I love your browser extension idea. Managing content from the web that I want to save has been a big challenge locally.