The original title is "I Built a Personal Paper Engine to Stop Losing Research Papers"

Short summary

A product manager shares their workflow for capturing and retrieving ~30 research papers/month without losing them. Paper List, a lightweight personal tool, prioritizes fast retrieval over archival—distinguishing a 'paper engine' from storage-focused tools like Zotero. The workflow (capture in 10s, annotate in 3 bullets, tag, search) eliminates the mental load of remembering what you've read.

• •Paper List workflow: 10-second capture + 3-bullet annotation + tagging + search retrieval
• •Key distinction: 'paper engine' for finding papers vs. archive tools like Zotero/Mendeley
• •Solves real problem for product/analyst roles: remembering insights from research papers

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