The Reality: I Need Notes to Function

Let me be blunt: I have ADHD and a terrible memory. Not just "oh I forgot where I put my keys" bad—more like "I genuinely don't remember what I worked on yesterday without checking my notes" bad. (I don't worry much about losing my keys these days thanks to Air Tags...)

So for two decades, I've compensated by writing everything down. Started with plain text files, moved through Evernote (too closed), Bear Notes (beautiful but locked-in), and finally landed on Obsidian—where I could just edit Markdown files directly. Perfect.

But even with obsessive note-taking, my actual life wasn't captured in one place. It was scattered across:

• 📷 Photos scattered across my camera roll
• 🎙️ Voice memos I recorded to transcribe later
• 📝 Quick notes scribbled here and there

They were all separate. Disconnected fragments. When I needed to remember something, I'd have to mentally reconstruct my past and future: "Wait, was that the day I did that thing? And when am I supposed to do that thing?"

The ADHD Tax: I Can't Rely on My Memory

Here's the cruel irony: I can't rely on my memory, so I need to write things down—but I'm not always in a situation to do that.

I can record a voice memo on my Apple Watch. I can snap a photo of something important. But then I forget to revisit them later. They sit there, unprocessed, until I eventually forget they even exist.

Forgetting isn't occasional for me—it's constant. Not big things necessarily, but the small connective tissue that holds a day together:

"Where did I put that receipt for that expense?"
"Wait, what was I supposed to remember from that meeting?"
"How much did I work for that client?"

I've tried everything: Todo apps, Apple Notes, Post-it notes, paper sheets. They all work—until they don't. Because they all require me to remember to check them. And that's exactly what I can't do.

The AI Shift: What Changed Everything

I've been working with machine learning professionally for eight years. I've seen the hype cycles, tried the demos, built some of the tools. But generative AI—specifically Claude Code—changed the equation.

For the first time, I could have an AI that:

• Runs locally on my machine (privacy matters)
• Reads my actual files (Markdown, photos metadata, voice transcripts)
• Acts autonomously (not just when I ask it questions)
• Works continuously in the background

This wasn't possible with Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant. They live in the cloud, work on-demand, and can't access your actual personal data in any meaningful way.

But Claude Code + Obsidian + local preprocessing? That's a different architecture entirely.

How It Actually Works

Remember This watches three things you're already creating:

• 🎙️ Voice Memos - Auto-transcribed with Whisper
• 📸 Photos - Automatically organized with context and timestamps
• 📓 Rollups - Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly notes combining everything

When something new appears:

1. The Mac app preprocesses it locally (transcription, metadata extraction)
2. It writes a queue item as Markdown in your Obsidian vault
3. Remember This's queue processor picks it up and spawns a Claude Code session
4. Claude Code organizes, tags, and links it to your existing notes

Everything stays in plain Markdown. You can edit it, delete it, or ignore it. The AI is a scribe, not a gatekeeper.

The 'Aha' Moment

The first time it really clicked for me was simple:

I recorded a 30-second voice memo during a walk. Five minutes later, it appeared in my Obsidian vault—transcribed, tagged with the date, linked to today's journal entry, and cross-referenced with a photo I'd taken earlier that day.

I didn't ask for it. I didn't open an app. It just happened.

That's when I realized: this is what "AI assistant" should have meant from the beginning.

Why It's Free Forever

Because I literally need it to exist.

This isn't a side project. This isn't me scratching an itch. This is my external memory system. Without it, I forget what I worked on, lose track of client conversations, can't find receipts for taxes, and generally feel like I'm drowning in my own life.

With it? I actually remember things. I can reference what happened last week. I can find that photo I took of that sign. I can see what I was working on when that idea occurred to me. It's literally a different kind of life.

The optional Insider membership (€27 one-time now, €8/month later) funds future development and gives early access to templates and experimental features. But the core will stay free because I can't afford for it not to exist.

Try It Yourself

If you have a crappy memory like me—if you've tried every productivity system and they all require more executive function than you have—this might change your life too.

It's not about being more organized. It's about having AI do the organizing because you're tired of forgetting.

Built by someone with ADHD who desperately needs AI to remember things, so he can finally just live.