Heaper - How I manage files and Media in my PKM

Hey everyone,
I recently had the chance to rant—er, speak—about rethinking how we manage our media, notes, and data at the PKM Summit. As a software engineer from Germany and the creator of heaper (my passion project to unify files, media, and notes), I dove into why folders are holding us back, how tags can replace them, and why self-hosting is the future for data ownership.

If you couldn’t make it, no worries—here’s the video. I cover everything from the frustrations of rigid tools like Apple Photos to how heaper uses "blocks" and tags to create a flexible, futuristic system for organizing all your stuff—4TB of files, thousands of notes, and counting. I needed to cut the demo part short for time reasons and i might walk out of frame here and there, you can catch me online on twitch and if you just want to chat anytime my discord is also linked on the video.

Now in usual PKM terms this means notes as they can act as folders are mocs by default and show its linked content in dataviews while using the linked note making approach for tagging and mentions where we split the links into 2 distinct types one for categorization and one for relationships.

I’d love to hear your thoughts! What’s your biggest struggle with data management? Are you into tags, self-hosting, what do you do with your files and media like pictures and videos? Drop a comment below or DM me—I’m always up for nerding out over this stuff. Let’s connect if you’re interested.