Obsidian.md Reviews

1. MTRG15

   over 1 year ago
   The kind of software that may change your life

   Perhaps you know someone who swears by Obsidian, it may seem like a cult of overly devoted people for how passionate they are, but it's not without reason

   I've been using Obsidian for over 3 years, at a point in my life when I felt I had to handle too much information and I felt like grasping water not being able to remember everything I wanted, language learning, programming, accounting, university, daily tasks. A friend recommended it to me next to Notion (of which he is a passionate cultist priest) and I reluctantly picked it and fell in love almost immediately.

   Obsidian seems very simple, like a notepad with folder interface, similar to Sublime Text, but the ability to link files together in a Wiki style allows you to organize ideas in any way you want, one file may lead to a dozen or more ideas that are related

   If you want to do something specific, Obsidian has a plethora of community created plugins that expand the functionality, in my case, I use obsidian to organize my classes both as a teacher and as a student, using local databases, calendars, dictionaries, slides, vector graphic drawings, excel-like tables, Anki connection, podcasts, and more

   🏁 Competitors: Notion, Evernote

   👍 Pros:    Awesome community|Custom plugins|Local hosting|Beautiful themes|Highly customizable|Cloud storage|Becomes more useful over time|Markdown support

   👎 Cons:    Seems complicated/complex at first|Takes time to set up your personal workspace|Overwhelming for first time user
2. Stan

   · Founder at SaaSHub · over 2 years ago
   My personal knowledge-base of choice

   I've been using Obsidian for more than a year. It's been great. I think it offer a great balance of control, flexibility and extensibility. What is more, you own your own data, that's been a must-have feature for me. I just can't imagine putting all my knowledge into something that I don't have control over.

   I think two of the most popular alternatives that people consider are Logseq and Roam Research. Although Logseq is a bit different, it's considered compatible with Obsidian. Supposedly, you can use them with a shared database (files. Both use simple text files for storage). I tried that once, a few months ago. It worked, yet it messed up a bit my Obsidian files ¯_(ツ)_/¯.

   🏁 Competitors: Logseq, Roam Research

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Obsidian.md mentions (1474)

• 2024, A year of resilience, learning, and growth.

  Solution: I implemented structured time management using tools like Notion and Obsidian, broke down tasks into smaller milestones, and rewarded myself after achieving each. - Source: dev.to / 6 days ago

• Building a Knowledge System That Enhances Rather Than Replaces Thought

  Excellent article. IMHO it tackles the gist of what personal knowledge management should be about. True learning/understanding (and intellectual depth for that matter) seems like something that (due to neurocognitive reasons) cannot possibly be achieved only through the process of reading, but is rather a function of the reader's quality of elaboration on what has been read. This inherently requires the reader's... - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

• Simple Hack to Learn 2X Faster

  Notion, Obsidian, or Evernote: Great for organizing notes with tags, links, and summaries. - Source: dev.to / 11 days ago

• Ask HN: How do you manage your AI prompts?

  Depending on the use case and frequency, I either: - Save them as a ChatGPT custom GPT or a Claude Project. - Create a RayCast AI Command. https://manual.raycast.com/ai. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Building a Code Snippet Library with Readwise, Obsidian, and Visual Studio Code

  In this tutorial I will show you how you can avoid this clutter and integrate all your snippets into a single place by using Obsidian and Readwise. By highlighting a code snippet while reading, you can automatically save both the code and its complete context. In this guide, we'll show you how to build a code snippet library that remains useful over time, and even how to integrate it with Visual Studio Code for... - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

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• Siyuan: Privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge management software

  I can also recommend Trilium Notes [1], which I have been happily using for years. It's currently in "maintenance mode", which I personally see as a feature (no risk of bloatware). Self-hosted, great webapp, optional native clients and works offline. https://github.com/zadam/trilium. - Source: Hacker News / 13 days ago

• Why I Like Obsidian

  Tried Obsidian for a while, loved a lot about it, but....mmm. Obsidian out of the box is a bit limited; plugins are great and add tons of features, but then you start hitting issues with plugin maintainers abandoning plugins you rely on, or needing to make a decision between three different plugins that all do the same thing slightly different. Depending on your use case and expectations that may not be a big... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Show HN: Heynote – A Dedicated Scratchpad for Developers

  I move between machines a lot and prefer an online tool; I'm self-hosting Trilium Notes https://github.com/zadam/trilium ; this looks a bit cleaner but without syncing (or server-side storage) it misses a bunch of potential use cases. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Standard Notes free

  Have a look at Trilium: especially if you have a way of running it on an internet connected server, it solved all note-taking problems I had: mainly have access to it from anywhere incl. work. Source: over 1 year ago

• Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

  In case if you want some Evernote alternatives, here's my shortlist: 1. Trilium Notes: https://github.com/zadam/trilium. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago