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Anyone with a D&D/ttrpg vault mind sharing it? Looking for some ideas/something to crib from. Thank you!
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Perry Mason Jar posted:Anyone with a D&D/ttrpg vault mind sharing it? Looking for some ideas/something to crib from. Thank you! https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/ttrpgs/TTRPGs+Games+Index
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Aug 16, 2025 05:40
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https://help.obsidian.md/bases 👀quote:Bases is a core plugin that lets you turn any set of notes into a powerful database. With bases you can organize everything from projects to travel plans, reading lists, and more. I wonder what provided the notion for this idea
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Aug 19, 2025 00:45
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Christ I need to read more about this and then develop a use case for it. I've been using dataview to generate lists of active projects and recently updated notes in MOC categories. Looks like this may do that, too?
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Aug 20, 2025 21:37
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Is there any reason I shouldn't use properties instead of tags for everything I want to tag?
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Aug 20, 2025 22:13
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Perry Mason Jar posted:Is there any reason I shouldn't use properties instead of tags for everything I want to tag? Depending on how you want to index and find it I suppose. Like I'll use both depending on the view so here is two in the same template: ```tasks not done tags include #preplaytest sort by function reverse task.file.property('created') ``` ```dataviewjs const pages = dv.pages('"Project"') .where(p => p.Followup && p.Followup <= dv.date('today')) .sort(p => p.Followup, 'asc'); if (pages.length) { const table = dv.markdownTable( ['Note', 'Follow‑up', 'Status'], pages.map(p => [p.file.link, p.Followup, p.State ?? '']) ); const callout = [ '> [!todo]+ Project Followups', ...table.split('\n').map(l => '> ' + l) ].join('\n'); dv.paragraph(callout); } ``` My use case for tags is mostly tasks and sometimes if I need a hierarchy, IE: I have #Taxes #Taxes/24 #Taxes/25 as an example. Otherwise I do a poo poo ton with properties and templates that make you fill in those properties when you create the doc <%* let fileName = await tp.system.prompt("Asset Name"); await tp.file.move("/Unity/Assets/" + fileName); let url = await tp.system.prompt("Asset Store URL:"); let type = await tp.system.suggester(["Animation", "Code", "Environment", "Font", "FX", "Icons", "Material", "Model", "Music", "Sound", "UI"], ["Animations", "Code", "Environment", "Font", "FX", "Icons", "Material", "Model", "Music", "Sound", "UI"]); _%>--- tags: - UnityAsset Name: <% fileName %> Publisher: URL: <% url %> Type: <% type %> Owned: Version: Project Location: LastChecked: Location: "`F:\\unity\\Assets\\<% type %>\\<% fileName %>`" --- Why I think this will be useful: <% tp.file.cursor(1) %>
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Aug 20, 2025 22:23
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Well Played Mauer posted:Christ I need to read more about this and then develop a use case for it. I've been using dataview to generate lists of active projects and recently updated notes in MOC categories. Looks like this may do that, too? this is one of those things like blender, where I know it's loaded with functionality I want to use, but don't quite know how to use it since setting up sync with obsidian I absolutely adore it so this seems worth it to try to figure it out, particularly for multiple ongoing projects like you mention
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Aug 21, 2025 00:22
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I recently found Trilium, having been pushed to look again by MS' direction of OneNote. I use a wiki for my long-term notes, and needed something for my short-term notes and brain dumps. The deciding factor was, in all honesty, that it's wysiwyg. Although I do miss Onenotes' freeform infinite canvas
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Aug 31, 2025 11:35
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I'm still using OneNote, both at work and at home... Entirely different notebooks though. The infinite free-form canvas is hard to beat.
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Aug 31, 2025 13:07
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i loved onenote until a policy change at work wiped out three years of notes with no recovery, and also made it impossible to bring your own notebook since then i've been doing self hosted obsidian as a PWA or on my own devices
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Aug 31, 2025 13:21
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At work we still use the old desktop onenote (well until they move us to 365 imminently). At home I was using the free Onepad For Windows 10 from the windows store, but that's coming to and end. There is a different version in the store that replaces it, but I'm not happy with the general push to enforced use of the MS accounts and cloud. Trilium did finally push me in to learning how to use docker/podman. Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Aug 31, 2025 |
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Aug 31, 2025 13:28
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I used OneNote religiously for a while but at some point it started to feel slow and bloaty. Whether it actually is, or whether it's baggage from the rest of the Mac Microsoft suite is up for debate. Obsidian feels like a really good fit for me since Markdown feels like second nature. My biggest hurdle right now is that I'm forever tweaking my note hierarchy and I feel like I'm hung up on the "best" way to organize. As a direct result I have like four vaults, each one with my attempt at being optimal. What I really need to do is stop reading other people's workflows and just settle on a system and use it. I didn't have this problem with OneNote for some reason. So I feel like I traded an app that worked but felt chunky for a shiny sleep app with infinite possibilities, which presents its own problems 
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Aug 31, 2025 13:54
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if anyone is using syncthing as the backend for their note syncing I just wanted to plug synctrain for ios, much better than mobiussync, it's free, and you can set up an apple shortcut for it to do automatic background sync when obsidian is open on your phone - it rules! i also have a home server running syncthing that sort of acts as the hub to keep everything sync'd up since my laptop & desktop are not always on
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Sep 24, 2025 11:53
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Mad Wack posted:if anyone is using syncthing as the backend for their note syncing I just wanted to plug synctrain for ios, much better than mobiussync, it's free, and you can set up an apple shortcut for it to do automatic background sync when obsidian is open on your phone - it rules! Oh wow this is exactly what I’d been hoping for, thanks! One question - would I need to have “watch for changes” turned on in the folder settings for that sort of on-demand syncing to work? E: Wait never mind you can have the shortcut also rescan the folder Dayton Sports Bar fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Sep 25, 2025 |
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Sep 25, 2025 02:22
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Really neat approach to making the graph view useful here: https://wasi0013.com/2025/09/22/data-visualization-challenge-the-struggle-to-visualize-thousands-of-zettelkasten-notes-and-how-i-solved-it/ Haven't tried it myself but as someone who really wants to use the graph view instead of admire it, it seems perfect. Thought I'd drop here for any likeminded
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Sep 25, 2025 12:41
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Mad Wack posted:if anyone is using syncthing as the backend for their note syncing I just wanted to plug synctrain for ios, much better than mobiussync, it's free, and you can set up an apple shortcut for it to do automatic background sync when obsidian is open on your phone - it rules! if you're using ios why not just sync your notes through icloud, or did that support get dropped
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Sep 25, 2025 14:09
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Arivia posted:if you're using ios why not just sync your notes through icloud, or did that support get dropped I only tried it briefly, but found the performance of iCloud sync annoyingly slow and sometimes outright dangerous due to conflicts when more than one device was involved.
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Sep 25, 2025 14:15
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Dayton Sports Bar posted:Oh wow this is exactly what I’d been hoping for, thanks! One question - would I need to have “watch for changes” turned on in the folder settings for that sort of on-demand syncing to work? yep it works like a charm, was super happy to find this and have been working successfully with it for a month now Arivia posted:if you're using ios why not just sync your notes through icloud, or did that support get dropped they don't have proper support for it and icloud is famously slow & unreliable for this kind of usecase
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Sep 25, 2025 15:05
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Arivia posted:if you're using ios why not just sync your notes through icloud, or did that support get dropped It works great if you are only in the apple ecosystem and fails fast if you use linux or windows at all. It's a shame since it was my favorite way to sync. There would be a stall when opening on the phone to update things and that was the best way to make sure I didn't have 3 collisions of my daily note compared to any other sync I've done since.
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Sep 25, 2025 16:11
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I just pay obsidian the 5bux a month. One of these days I should do nextcloud or something but I don't mind supporting the project and it works.
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Sep 26, 2025 13:38
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Well Played Mauer posted:I just pay obsidian the 5bux a month. One of these days I should do nextcloud or something but I don't mind supporting the project and it works. Same but seeing the iCloud sync progress was superior it just fails on windows
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Sep 27, 2025 17:08
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Timely conversation on this synctrain item as I'm considering migrating off of iCloud so that I can sync with non-Apple systems, notably Linux. Going to set up a test vault and see how well this works. If you require a shortcut to kick off syncing/background syncing to at least try to mimic a closer-to-realtime mirroring on iOS/ipadOS can you share your set up and shortcut? Thanks! e: More specifically, I have been able to get synctrain to see the vault on my shared syncthing directory, but can't sort out any way to have Obsidian open a vault that is not in the Obsidian directory on the iPad. TraderStav fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Sep 29, 2025 |
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Sep 29, 2025 01:22
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How does everybody organize their stuff? Does anyone use this for anything more than reference notes? I can see people using Obsidian as some sort of daily organizer and brain offloading tool, which I'm kind of fascinated by. It confuses me though, and I'm looking for examples that don't include some dead eyed productivity weirdo trying to sell me a 3 day course.
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Sep 29, 2025 13:26
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Zapf Dingbat posted:How does everybody organize their stuff? Does anyone use this for anything more than reference notes? I can see people using Obsidian as some sort of daily organizer and brain offloading tool, which I'm kind of fascinated by. It confuses me though, and I'm looking for examples that don't include some dead eyed productivity weirdo trying to sell me a 3 day course. I don't understand your second question, as I don't know what is meant by reference note; Obsidian is a note-taking tool. I only have two vaults right now: one for worldbuilding a medieval fantasy campaign and another for to-do list stuff. The former gets deeper into the weeds as I've thrown bases, templates, and a fantasy calendar into the mix. The latter is very simple and I use the graph tool to sort myself out a bit better: related tasks get linked, e.g tasks requiring the same tools or headspace. Really the best way to use Obsidian is to figure out your use case, though. Figure out what the purpose of the vault is, then start making notes and linking them. If it gets unwieldy in the left sidebar, consider making some folders. If you find yourself copying and pasting or typing out the same stuff, consider making some templates. If you need a spreadsheet/database use bases, or figure out integration with some other existing program. And just go on like this: if there's something you want to do but can't, there's probably a plug-in that enables it; if there's something you already do but slowly, there's probably a plug-in that can increase your efficiency.
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Sep 29, 2025 13:41
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TraderStav posted:Timely conversation on this synctrain item as I'm considering migrating off of iCloud so that I can sync with non-Apple systems, notably Linux. Going to set up a test vault and see how well this works. If you require a shortcut to kick off syncing/background syncing to at least try to mimic a closer-to-realtime mirroring on iOS/ipadOS can you share your set up and shortcut? You can have synctrain sync directly to the Obsidian directory by choosing “existing folder” when adding a folder. And I dunno if it’s the best way to go about it, but my shortcut is just rescan + synchronize, with an automation to run it when opening/closing Obsidian.
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Sep 29, 2025 17:35
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Zapf Dingbat posted:How does everybody organize their stuff? Does anyone use this for anything more than reference notes? I can see people using Obsidian as some sort of daily organizer and brain offloading tool, which I'm kind of fascinated by. It confuses me though, and I'm looking for examples that don't include some dead eyed productivity weirdo trying to sell me a 3 day course. i keep it very simple, i do a daily note each day with headers organized by topic (e.g. if it's a work note the headers are usually meeting titles) then i do everything as bullets or todo items, i have a weekly process to review my notes on friday and then i archive them monthly (just put them in a different folder in obsidian, nothing fancy) then i use the search for anything i need and it spits back my info in the chronological order i recorded it which is super simple and fast, i've been doing it this way for two years and people are stunned at my level of recall everyone's use case is different but i mostly use it for work or ideas at home where i need to keep a ton of topics straight, i've explored fancier implementations but learnings from other note platforms have taught me that for me at least simple is best
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Sep 29, 2025 19:05
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Perry Mason Jar posted:I don't understand your second question, as I don't know what is meant by reference note; Obsidian is a note-taking tool. I guess what I meant by that is archival stuff to store and not access often, like you would use a wiki for. Perry Mason Jar posted:
lol, I think after posting my question and thinking about why I asked it, I realized that what I'm looking for is something to manage my anxiety, structure my daily thoughts and actions, and help me make sense of the world. That's not really a practical burden to put on a heavy-featured notepad.exe. Is this the neurosis that inspires someone to be an emacs lord?
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Sep 29, 2025 19:59
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Zapf Dingbat posted:I guess what I meant by that is archival stuff to store and not access often, like you would use a wiki for. I started using Emacs for Org Roam, so yes.
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Sep 29, 2025 21:48
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Zapf Dingbat posted:lol, I think after posting my question and thinking about why I asked it, I realized that what I'm looking for is something to manage my anxiety, structure my daily thoughts and actions, and help me make sense of the world. That's not really a practical burden to put on a heavy-featured notepad.exe. You can set up templates for e.g. daily/weekly/etc. notes and even have them auto-create on the appropriate date. Set it up with all the sections, reminders you want and off you go. I have an auto hotkey set up for micro journaling - it adds a date and timestamp into whatever note I have open (I have a 'Journal' header in my weekly notes), and then I write a couple of short lines about how I'm feeling, what's going on in my life.
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Sep 29, 2025 21:58
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I like the simplicity of kepano’s vault. https://stephango.com/vault
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Sep 30, 2025 02:03
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Dayton Sports Bar posted:You can have synctrain sync directly to the Obsidian directory by choosing “existing folder” when adding a folder. And I dunno if it’s the best way to go about it, but my shortcut is just rescan + synchronize, with an automation to run it when opening/closing Obsidian. Thanks! I got it working. May get stupid and add a bunch of automations to run every 15-30 minutes or so throughout the work day... will see. I did have to do some set up in Syncthing to get the connections to work over my tailnet when not on the local network, but managed it. Following this url: https://medium.com/@atharv.munot/how-i-built-my-own-private-cloud-with-syncthing-tailscale-cdd739b5e82c Relevant section: - In Snycthing Web UI -> Devices -> Edit -> Addresses 1. Replace dynamic with tcp://100.x.x.x:22000 where the 100.x.x.x is the remote connections tailnet id - Go to Actions -> Settings -> Connections 1. Uncheck: Global Discovery 2. Enable Relaying 3. Save and restart - Repeat on all devices for all other connections and everything should connect when not on network but connected to tailnet I did it for all remote connections and they all started firing right up
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Zapf Dingbat posted:I guess what I meant by that is archival stuff to store and not access often, like you would use a wiki for. imo you should check out goblin.tools with your favorite note taker of choice - very popular with the high anxiety folks in our neurodiversity chat group at my job
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Oct 3, 2025 22:29
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Is there a general consensus on Trilium vs. Obsidian? I realize they're not the same thing. Ive mostly been using Trilium for large data documentation, and Obsidian more for just "notes" (which is maybe the intended use?  ) but I'm thinking about consolidating the two, but unsure if this is necessary/good idea 
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eightysixed posted:Is there a general consensus on Trilium vs. Obsidian? I realize they're not the same thing. Ive mostly been using Trilium for large data documentation, and Obsidian more for just "notes" (which is maybe the intended use? Take it with a grain of salt as I only evaluated Trillium and didn't really get deep in it. I think with DataView + Bases + Folder Notes, anything you'd want to do in Trillium is supported in an easy way in Obsidian. From what I understand last time looking at it though, getting the data out of Trillium may be difficult or at least more difficult than here's a bunch of markdown files on your local machine. To me having just one application is part of the entire reason of a knowledge management tool, being able to link things together easily and follow threads.
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Oct 26, 2025 19:20
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Trilium has a native export-to-MD function.
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Hughlander posted:I think with DataView + Bases + Folder Notes, anything you'd want to do in Trillium is supported in an easy way in Obsidian. From what I understand last time looking at it though, getting the data out of Trillium may be difficult or at least more difficult than here's a bunch of markdown files on your local machine. Eh, if you're using Obsidian with a lot of dataview / bases / similar additions, it's not just markdown anymore. The fact that your files are easily readable in a text editor is irrelevant, because all those chunks of script / SQL are meaningless outside of Obsidian + plugins. Not an active recommendation either way, but just an observation that when you start adding plugins Obsidian's big pro of "your notes are just markdown and you're never locked in" starts to go away.
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Oct 27, 2025 14:32
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I haven't actively used DataView in years. At this point, does it really add much that you can't do with bases?
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Oct 27, 2025 14:55
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Klyith posted:Eh, if you're using Obsidian with a lot of dataview / bases / similar additions, it's not just markdown anymore. The fact that your files are easily readable in a text editor is irrelevant, because all those chunks of script / SQL are meaningless outside of Obsidian + plugins. My position I believe is that the data is always there. The presentation may be different. I don't have dataview/bases mutate my data just present it in different ways.
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Badly Jester posted:I haven't actively used DataView in years. At this point, does it really add much that you can't do with bases? Bases can't pull checkboxes / lists out of matching notes. So you can't do the thing that's my #1 use for dataview: combined ToDos from multiple sub-notes in a master task list. There's also the stuff dataview can do with JS, which goes way further, but I'm perfectly happy to ignore. And personally, I have a strongly negative reaction to Bases because doing anything really useful with it means putting yaml or json headers on your notes that it can operate on. So now you're not just making and tagging / linking notes, you're making a database record at the top of each one. A database that you have to maintain by hand. I can imagine projects / scenarios that warrant that type of effort, but I think a lot of people will underestimate how nasty that can be in a long-term, not-well-planned collection. So IMO dataview is still worth using over Bases, if you aren't throwing so many notes at it that it chokes. Dataview can still be fast on large vaults, but you need folder hierarchy and tags that cut down the number of files it has to parse. In particular a lot of "daily note" tracking is probably better done with Bases if your use generates a lot of notes that are very similar.
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Fair, tasks is the one thing I really used it for, before I gave up on trying to use Obsidian for task management altogether.
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