My Favorite Programming Tool
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It's a small notebook.
Because the more I learn it seems even more I forget. Also, when first starting my job there was a real information overload. So much you are expected to remember yet it's not humanly possible.
A big benefit of writing stuff down is you can help others much better. For example, if you encounter an annoying bug and someone else inevitably encounters the same thing now you can recall the solution perfectly. Or maybe you just want to avoid asking the same thing twice.
If you want a digital tool I've used Obsidian with the obsidian-git plugin with success. I've heard other people run their own wiki pages, but I have yet to try that yet. Really though, just use whatever suits you!