Obsidian

Detour for productivity: Falling in love with Obsidian

As a natural progression from learning more about markdown files, I moved on to the new hype in productivity tools - Obsidian to check out if it is any good. Obsidian is essentially a note-taking application that links markdown files together with backlinks. With these linked markdown files stored inside a vault folder, it can provide meaningful insight into how notes are connected similar to the way how human brains work. I started with some of the concepts I picked up on the way and immediately fell in love with them. I could’ve just stopped here and just let it stay a note-taking application. But as a CS enthusiast at heart, I immediately thought about how to customise it for my workflow. ...

August 7, 2023 · 3 min · 534 words