The Best Password Manager

As someone who has always had good password hygiene, I have used a number of password managers - most recently, KeePassXC and pass. Despite the fact that they are both high-quality pieces of software, they never quite worked out for me. So, I went back to the original password manager.

Pen and Paper

Though sticky notes of passwords on the monitor are the classic example of how not to manage passwords, index cards of passwords in a locked box are (in my opinion) a great way to store passwords. As someone who loves pens and writing, it was only logical to go down this road.

So... Why?

Honestly, software solutions for password management only ever got in my way. Be it keeping databases synced across devices, or trying to figure out how to properly export GPG keys in order to use pass on different setups, any convenience was cancelled out by the amount of effort needed to keep things running. Pen and paper offers an alternative: offline, secure, human-readable password management that will never be corrupted or made obsolete, short of natural disasters powerful enough to destroy the contents of a lockbox - at which point I have bigger problems than a corrupted password database.

The Wheel Need Not be Reinvented

People have been writing important things down on paper for thousands of years. Why not do the same for passwords?