Backlinks, or bi-directional liks, are becoming table-stakes for productivity apps since they've been popularized by Roam. It's a simple concept: when you create a link from page A to page B, page B will also reference page A. With traditional hyperlinks, page B wouldn't know about page A unless you explicitly link it back.

Backlinks allow a graph of knowledge to grow organically. When you create a doc for Orders, and mention Products, a Products page will be created or updated with a backlink. Even when not actively documenting Products, readers can get an idea of what they entail because of the linked references.

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If GitHub is your daily driver or you've contributed to open source at some point, you've probably seen the comparison screen before.

"Compare and review just about anything"

They're not lying. You can compare a lot in there, but most of it isn't available in the UI. Here are a few tricks you probably didn't know about.

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