Topic
Productivity
How I capture everything - on my Mac, iPhone and iPad
Ideas don't wait until I'm at my desk. Here's how I use Lemonize's capture modes, Pocket and the iOS share sheet to get ideas, notes and todos into Obsidian — and why Web Clipper still handles the web.
I have 994 permanent notes. That number proves nothing.
A knowledge system only earns its place when notes leave it — the output test I now apply to my Obsidian vault
Why My Best Productivity Tools Are the Ones Nobody Else Can Use
Custom software used to be a luxury reserved for people with a budget. With AI, a tool shaped exactly like my workflow costs less than adapting to a generic one — which quietly changed what I build, what I still buy, and where the line between the two sits.
The Inbox is the most dangerous folder in my Obsidian vault
Capture feels productive, but every note I save creates a future obligation. Here is how I learned to treat my Obsidian inbox as a temporary gate, not a place where ideas go to die.
I Built a Bridge Between Obsidian and Hugo
My Obsidian vault and my Hugo blog speak different dialects of Markdown, so I built HugoBridge — an Obsidian plugin that validates, transforms, and exports a note into a clean Hugo page bundle in one explicit command
I Built the Capture Feature Obsidian Was Missing
Obsidian never had a fast way to capture an idea from anywhere on the Mac, so I built Lemonize — one shortcut, zero permissions, and it now feeds Bear and DEVONthink too.
The Simplest Way to Save AI Tokens: Make Your Agent Talk Less
Every AI session has a token economy: prompt, context, agent work, and the answer. I break down where the tokens really go, what Caveman actually saves, and why the trick works far beyond coding agents.
GPT-5.6 isn't the real news — the new ChatGPT app is
OpenAI shipped a new model family, but the real shift is the app: ChatGPT now bundles Chat, Work, and Codex — and picking the right space matters more than picking the right model.
How I Organize My Obsidian Vault With PARA — Sorting Notes by Use, Not Subject
PARA organizes my vault by how actionable a note is, not by its subject — and pairs with a Zettelkasten so the thinking survives the projects.
What Things 3 Taught Me About Not Ruining Obsidian
Obsidian is powerful because it can stay simple: local files, plain text, links when needed, and just enough structure to keep thinking calm.
The tools I've kept for 5+ years
The tools that survive my stack aren't the most powerful. They pass one quiet test: ownership, reliability, and a clear way out.
Stop using AI coding agents like autocomplete
AI coding agents become more useful when I stop treating them as smarter autocomplete and start treating them as delegated workers with clear inputs, boundaries, and verification.
I Replaced CleanMyMac With a Single free/$9 Tool
Mole is an open-source macOS utility that does the job of four apps I was paying for separately — for $9 once, no subscription. Here is why I switched.
How I automated my blog deployment with GitHub Actions
How I set up a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically builds my Hugo site and deploys it via FTP — zero manual steps, zero server management.
Why I replaced WordPress with Hugo after more than 15 years
After 15 years of WordPress complexity, I ditched the backend, the plugins, and the database overhead in favor of Hugo — a static site generator that lets me write everything in Obsidian, build in under a second, and finally own my content the way I always should have.
My productivity superpower
Discovering SuperWhisper, a voice-to-text AI tool that transforms the way you capture thoughts and write content by speaking instead of typing.
I Replaced these four Setapp apps on my Mac with free alternatives
After years of Setapp subscription, subscription fatigue led to replacing four paid apps with free alternatives while keeping what truly matters.
Could Bear 2.0 be a new approach to managing my Second Brain ?
An exploration of note-taking and knowledge management apps for the modern professional As a content producer and an avid user of Obsidian, I have exp
How to create note templates for Bear 2.0 (and other note taking apps like Obsidian)
Create note templates for Bear 2.0 and Obsidian with Espanso to write faster and more consistently.
Project management with Tana, a real-world example
A real-world example of project management with Tana based on day-to-day use.
How to supercharge your writing process with AI and chatGPT
How to use AI and ChatGPT to speed up your writing process without losing clarity or structure.
Dive Into PKM With Obsidian
An introduction to personal knowledge management with Obsidian to better capture, organize, and retrieve information.
3 key benefits when using a PKM system
Three concrete benefits of a PKM system for organizing ideas, notes, and knowledge over time.
Is Tana the best Personal Knowledge Management and note-taking tool I’ve ever tried?
A hands-on look at Tana compared with Obsidian for PKM and note-taking.
Why I choose Obsidian as my PKM
Why Obsidian became my tool of choice for personal knowledge management.