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1. MTRG15

   almost 2 years 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 · about 3 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

Typst mentions (35)

• TeX Live 2025 Released

  The masochism of latex is becoming increasingly irrelevant with every typst [1] release. No going back once you experience realtime rendering of your document, and support in VS Code is stellar IMO. [1] http://typst.app. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Show HN: Transform Your Codebase into a Single Markdown Doc for Feeding into AI

  I've never used Quarto, but I might give it a go someday. I currently have a convoluted workflow for generating math-heavy documents that involves generating equations using SymPy in a notebook, accumulating them in a string, and ultimately dumping the string into a Markdown. I would love to simplify this sooner rather than later. I'm also keeping an eye on https://typst.app/ and hoping for a sane alternative to... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Markdown's Big Brother: Say Hello to AsciiDoc

  We could be using html based DSLs and powerful importable components instead of special characters. Monaco (VSCode editor framework) allows frontend devs to make special DSL editors with autocomplete for both desktop and web. Between Spectacle and Typst approaches, I would choose Spectacle. I read the 2003 book The art of Unix programming where the author praises plain text config and says hand editing xml is a... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs

  > No way I'll use LaTeX for all my writing, and anything Markdown-based just won't cut it formatting-wise. Have a look at Typst[0]. It's a lot easier to use than LaTeX, while still offering full formatting and layout. Or you could give macOS a go. UNIX with proper desktop versions of the Office apps. ;) [0]: https://typst.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• ArXiv LaTeX Cleaner: Clean the LaTeX code of your paper to submit to ArXiv

  I wish journals would start accepting Typst[0] files. It is definitely the format of the next decade in my opinion. It's both open source and highly performant. Sadly existing legacy structures prevent it from gaining the critical mass needed for it to thrive just yet. [0] https://typst.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Obsidian.md mentions (1492)

• Level up your dev career with the T-shape strategy and why generalists don’t get XP boosts

  Obsidian.md Build your personal knowledge base while learning. - Source: dev.to / 14 days ago

• Why every dev needs a coding journal no, your memory isn’t enough

  Resource: Obsidian, jrnl CLI, Markdown Journal Templates on GitHub. - Source: dev.to / 14 days ago

• How I Built a Local AI Assistant for Obsidian — No Cloud, No API Keys

  Obsidian has become a go-to tool for developers, researchers, and writers who want to manage their knowledge in a flexible, local-first way. With Markdown-based storage, plugin extensibility, and full control over your data, it offers an ideal environment for serious note-taking and knowledge work. - Source: dev.to / 15 days ago

• Why obsidian wins the second brain war and notion just can’t keep up

  Obsidian Website Download, docs, community, and roadmap. - Source: dev.to / 23 days ago

• Using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to query Obsidian note taking

  You can find out about Obsidian on their site It's free to use and open source. - Source: dev.to / 26 days ago