The "Export Before You Close" Rule
Dev.to AI
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Generative AI
Open Source AI
Here's the one rule that governs how I use AI: before I close any tab where I learned something useful, I export the conversation. That's it. No complex system. No tagging strategy. Just: did this teach me something? If yes, export. I use XWX AI Chat Exporter for this. It's a Chrome extension that sits on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok. When I want to save something, I click it and pick PDF or Markdown. Done. The PDF exports get an automatic - which sounds minor until you have a 20-page conversation and need to find a specific section. Then it's a lifesaver.