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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Obsidian' Doesn't Exist — It's Four Layers
What we call 'Obsidian' is really separate, replaceable layers — storage, format, UI, agent. Counting how many you can swap without touching the others is the real test of whether your notes app owns you.
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How I built an Obsidian vault no single AI tool can hold hostage
CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, a one-page identity file, a skills folder, and a set of maps to my key notes — the whole AI layer on top of my Obsidian vault is plain markdown I own, not configuration locked inside any single tool.
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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.
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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.
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How I made Claude the librarian of my Obsidian PKM — the complete process
The exact pipeline I run to turn web clippings and highlights into atomic, linked permanent notes — Claude does the structuring, I stay the curator.
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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.
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How I use AI in my Obsidian vault without losing the plot
I kept AI out of my Obsidian vault for years. MCP changed the equation — not by making the vault smarter, but by giving AI a specific job with a clear boundary and a review step.
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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.
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