#Productivity#PKM

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

#AI#Productivity

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.

#PKM#Productivity

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.

#PKM#Productivity

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.

#PKM#AI

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.

#Productivity

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.

#PKM#AI

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.

#AI#Development

Coding agents don't need more power. They need rules.

A simple CLAUDE.md file based on Andrej Karpathy's observations about coding agents became wildly popular because it solves a real problem: AI agents are powerful, but not disciplined by default.

#AI#Productivity

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.

#AI#Development

Claude Code vs Codex: two tools, two modes of thinking

I stopped asking whether Claude Code or Codex is better. The useful question is simpler: am I exploring a problem, or am I delegating a bounded task?