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The new iOS share sheet in @obsdmd lets you save X posts, YouTube transcripts, and content from other apps. Everything is converted to durable Markdown files. Try it in Obsidian 1.13 (beta)

Obsidian is usually placed in the same category as Notion, Apple Notes, Roam, or any other app where people collect thoughts. That comparison is useful at the interface level, but it hides the more important design choice. Obsidian’s central object is not a workspace hosted inside the product. It is a folder of Markdown files on your own machine. The app sits on top of that folder and gives you ways to inspect, connect, search, visualize, and extend those files. That is a very different architecture from the productivity tools most people are used to. In many modern tools, the database is the source of truth and the interface is the only practical way to reach it. In Obsidian, the file remains the source of truth. A note can be read outside the app. A vault can be backed up like any other folder. Links are written into the text. Metadata can live inside the file. The useful thing is not that Obsidian has a graph view or a plugin marketplace. The useful thing is that it keeps the durable layer simple enough to survive the interface. This also explains why Obsidian becomes more interesting in the AI era. LLMs work best when the material they operate on is explicit, inspectable, and easy to transform. A folder of Markdown notes is a much better substrate for that than an opaque productivity database. A model can summarize notes, extract metadata, suggest links, generate index pages, or turn raw research into a more coherent local wiki. But the human still needs to audit the result, because a knowledge base that looks organized can still be wrong. The point is not to automate thinking. The point is to make the maintenance of knowledge less fragile.

Most people start Obsidian the wrong way. They import 10,000 notes. Build 50 folders. Install 20 plugins. Then quit a week later. If I had to restart Obsidian today, I’d do the opposite: • Start with 5 meaningful notes • Create ZERO folders • Ignore plugins completely • Focus only on connecting ideas That’s the real unlock. Obsidian isn’t a notes app. It’s a personal internet for your mind. The magic happens when you use one simple prompt: “This reminds me of…” A quote links to a book. A book links to a song. A song links to a memory. A memory links to an insight. That’s how real thinking compounds. The goal isn’t collecting information. It’s building connections your brain can return to later. AI can summarize notes. But only YOU can create meaningful links between ideas. That’s where the leverage is. Follow @damidefi for more AI alpha.

Improving the transparency of plugins is a good thing... but it puts a massive burden on the developers. We're placing commercial expectations on unpaid, open-source hobby projects. Let's have an honest conversation about the hidden costs. youtu.be/wedHXARs6n4

Two new security audits of Obsidian Sync by @cure53berlin and @trailofbits are now available on our Security page. All findings have been addressed via remediations and disclosures validated by the respective auditors. Read more: obsidian.md/blog/cure53-tob-…

The most exciting thing for me is that I can finally get back to making @obsdmd plugins. I too was daunted by waiting in the review queue 😅 Now you can get a plugin into Obsidian within 24 hours.

Idk if you might be interesting or anyone else. Not my project but I'd recommend checking these guys if you want anything related to trading within your vault github.com/Cursivez/journali…

TradingView Widgets plugin for @obsdmd. Powerful charting and market-monitoring tools. It is a start to using Obsidian as an investment platform. @tradingview Early alpha can be installed with BRAT: github.com/TfTHacker/trading… Another one of my Vibe-coded creations 😏

Most Obsidian vaults fail at the same place: capture works, return never happens. You save ideas, highlights, numbers, hooks, screenshots. Then 6 months later the vault has 400 notes and no idea what to write next. Build the return path instead: 1. Use 5 folders 00-INBOX 01-CAPTURES 02-CONNECTIONS 03-BRIEFS 04-PUBLISHED 2. Sort captures by type, not topic > observations > reactions > patterns > questions > numbers Topic folders hide useful collisions. Type folders help Claude connect "attention psychology" to "X hook performance." 3. Put Claude Code files where Claude actually reads them > ./CLAUDE.md or ./.claude/CLAUDE.md > .claude/skills/process-inbox/SKILL.md > .claude/skills/weekly-connections/SKILL.md > .claude/skills/generate-brief/SKILL.md > .claude/skills/write-content/SKILL.md 4. Log performance in every published post > impressions > bookmarks > hook_used > top_comment > what_worked Build the path that turns saved notes into briefs, posts, and performance data: capture -> connection -> brief -> post -> result -> next brief

Syncs Obsidian tasks to Apple Reminders, Todoist, and Things 3 github.com/Santofer/Remindia…

Today, @excalidraw for @obsdmd crossed 6 MILLION downloads. 🎉 Absolutely blown away. Thank you for all the support, ideas, bug reports, feature requests, videos, and encouragement over the years. ❤️ 📽️ youtu.be/VE4cJjLQ6G4 👥 community.sketch-your-mind.c…

3 ways Obsidian Bases make academic project management effortless. The game-changer: Context awareness (even Notion doesn't have that). effortlessacademic.com/using…

but if Obsidian was gone, I would use a different tool. I keep my files formatted in a way that I am not relying on any plugin. My data will live on and be useful no matter what happens to Obsidian.

I’ve done archaic… 3 notes 😌 - Inbox - Next Action - Someday

Hermes Agent Obsidian is match in heaven! I'm dumping all info, meetings, ideas to hermes and I get back well formatted and when needed. This is so incredible! Thanks @NousResearch for this piece of AI magic!

In response to Tiago's crashout over @obsdmd...existing, I am going to popularize the term 'Obsidianmaxxing'. Obsidianmaxxing is when you use Obsidian for as many things as you possibly, conceivably can. Do you track helpdesk tickets, play Pokemon, track Habitca stats, make an inventory of your whole house, etc. How are you Obsidianmaxxing?

I am super excited about this interview. Stephan van de Ven and I discuss the new Sketch Your Mind Community, Excalidraw Mastery, Visual Thinking, AI, and the role of a community. I'd love to hear what you think! youtu.be/TnwRlaIdhSU