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The 60th Attempt: When Your "Knowledge Management" System Becomes a Recursive Black Hole
DEV.to AIΒ·April 23, 2026
The author recounts their 60th attempt to build a personal knowledge management system named "Papers," a Java Spring Boot application that consumed nearly 2,000 hours. Despite the effort, the system is used only briefly each day, ironically documenting their own development struggles more than effectively managing knowledge.
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