Ditching Obsidian and building my own
amberwilliams.io/blogs/building-my-own-pkms
What Jamie wrote
Quoting myself from 2022:
When I read articles from people sharing their bespoke Obsidian setups I think one of the best things I've done for my productivity is to completely ignore Obsidian.
I then did jump in in 2024 and jumped back out shortly after.
The siren song of a personal knowledge management system is compelling. But none of these solutions are what I want. I think a partner AI model is probably the best avenue for this. A private LLM that you just throw things at.
I'll pass on being a librarian for my own notes. And certainly wouldn't build my own.
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