This resonates with me. People like to talk about simplicity, and I get that, but to some people simplicity means “just use org mode”, which is a whole different axis of simplicity from “my partner can use it without redirecting their tech-related-frustration anger at me”.

There’s yet another axis of complexity/simplicity, which is that trying all these different note-taking systems means any time I want to look up a note, I have to check half a dozen different places. Recently I’ve been dropping everything except for code snippets into apple notes, and I’ve had a much easier time finding things later.