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by Obsidian
Who uses, recommends or left Obsidian, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Obsidian has this massive community plugin ecosystem that lets it do damn near anything.
His annual post locking in the tools he will use for the coming year, app by app, with the reasoning for each choice.
2026-01-31·macsparky.com ↗
Personal knowledge base and note-taking tool. Highly customizable and extensible.
His "Things I use" page, one entry per tool with his own note on why. The page is undated and no dated source for it could be found. (undated page)
2022-05-28·ripandis.com ↗
Obsidian for note-taking.
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
I pasted the result into the terminal (I use Ghostty), and before too long I had created a new folder of Markdown files in Obsidian.
His annual productivity post, running down the software he still uses, what he dropped, and the LLM wiki he built. The post carries his standing disclosure that his fiancé works at Anthropic.
2026-08-19·platformer.news ↗
Obsidian: my home for journaling and taking notes.
His /uses page, an overview of the tech and tools he uses as a developer day to day. The date here is the last commit to the page's own source file, src/pages/uses.astro in his site repo kalwabed/kalwabed.com.
2025-12-20·kalwabed.com ↗
I use Obsidian for all my work-related notes, and Apple Notes for everything else.
His post "Uses (September 2025)", listing the tools, services and equipment he uses day to day.
2025-09-06·duncanmcclean.com ↗
Obsidian - My current Second Brain system
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
2024-09-29·garden.narze.live ↗
Obsidian for quick notes, mind-mapping and managing my newsletter
His /uses page listing the applications, extensions and equipment he works with. The date here is the last commit to the page's own source file, content/rootPage/uses.mdx in his site repo sreetamdas/sreetamdas.com.
2024-07-14·sreetamdas.com ↗
Depending on your goals, needs, and tolerance for customization, Obsidian might be the perfect choice for you.
A post in which he used Obsidian, Tana and Mem each as his daily driver for about two weeks and evaluated whether any could replace Evernote as his Second Brain.
2023-11-20·fortelabs.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
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