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Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by eXpl0it3r »

vcavallo wrote: post #109
eXpl0it3r wrote: post #44

That went faster than expected, awesome to see! My major issue with the mobile apps is the syncing. On iOS you get to decide between iCloud or Obsidian Sync. On Android you can hack together something with third-party syncing apps and local disk storage. But if you have been using Dropbox or OneDrive for syncing on your PC, you won't be able to (bidirectional) sync your data to your mobile devices (out of the box). O…

So, bad news for me if I’m using GitHub? Edit: looking in to https://workingcopyapp.com/ now. an iOS git client.

Did you use some plugin that helped with the committing and pushing?

On Android you could probably somehow do a local checkout, but don't think that will work with iOS due to file system restrictions.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by cube2222 »

nklmilojevic wrote: post #83

I've tried Obsidian and it is not for me. I really don't like the trend of apps being in Electron and there are much better native apps, especially on macOS (Bear, IA Writer, Ulysses). Trying to understand - what is the feature that Obsidian got you hooked? Usually HN is very critical of Electron apps, but not on this one and I'm really interested why. :)

You're listing standard note taking tools, and I've also mainly been using Bear so far.

But when I have a lot of notes regarding a topic I start creating a lot of sections in a note, sometimes multiple notes, which are hard to navigate from one to another, etc.

So Obsidian for me shines when I have a topic or area when I need to have a lot of nodes, which are in some ways related to one another. Or even have a hierarchical structure.

My use case currently is developing OctoSQL as a side project and having to keep:

1. TODOs

2. Random non-categorized notes

3. Ideas

4. Notes specific to some in-progress features, so i.e. a note for optimizer strategies, a note-per-datasource describing the current state and todo's related to a datasource.

And some of those are best represented as a tree hierarchy, so I can start representing that using references in Obsidian, and easily navigate them using the graph view.

Bear is too disorganized for me to do that sustainably (most notes get forgotten and re-discovered a few weeks/months later).

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by vcavallo »

eXpl0it3r wrote: post #111
vcavallo wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, bad news for me if I’m using GitHub? Edit: looking in to https://workingcopyapp.com/ now. an iOS git client.

Did you use some plugin that helped with the committing and pushing? On Android you could probably somehow do a local checkout, but don't think that will work with iOS due to file system restrictions.

> Did you use some plugin that helped with the committing and pushing?

No, it's just a folder of markdown files that I keep in version control and access through a variety of software, including (usually) Obsidian.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by foolinaround »

andix wrote: post #25
wiradikusuma wrote: post #13

Has anyone used Joplin ( https://joplinapp.org/ )? How does it compare to Obsidian? I've used Joplin for a while. It's Markdown so I like it. The UI is dry (compared to Evernote).

I used it for a while and switched to obsidian. Some reasons: - Joplin doesn’t save plain Markdown, you can‘t just edit/view your files with alternative editors easily - Creating and organizing notes feels less smooth for me - navigating between notes is not so easy - you can’t write #tags inside your text and it just works - plug-ins and configuration is stored inside the vault, if you sync the vault, you have all t…

> Joplin doesn’t save plain Markdown, you can‘t just edit/view your files with alternative editors easily

It saves files to Markdown, and on right click, you can 'external edit' with your favorite text editor, which you have configured ahead of time in the settings.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by chrizel »

lolive wrote: post #114

I use Dropbox to sync my Obsidian folder. I wonder how Obsidian for Mobile can handle that. [I presume it cannot]

See https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian/iOS+app and https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian/Android+app for your sync options.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by pps »

laurent123456 wrote: post #107

Their mobile text editor looks very good. Anyone knows what library they used for it? Edit: Based on one of the developer's comments, it's CodeMirror 6, which makes sense since it's the only editor with good mobile support.

Codemirror 6, AFAIK

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by WJW »

lonesword wrote: post #40
Raphomet wrote: post #3

I'm a note-taking power nerd who has used all the buzzy apps on Macs. Obsidian is by far the best — it's become my personal journal, my knowledge base, a quick and dirty blog, a place to keep loose notes. The development velocity of the (TWO PERSON!) team behind this app is ridiculous. They're constantly pushing updates, and seem to handle all facets of app development with aplomb. No affiliation, just a happy user!

>The development velocity of the (TWO PERSON!) team behind this app is ridiculous This! I just checked their page for a "careers" button to see if they got VC funding and are raising a team. Nope, still just 2 people. It's not that they are able to move fast, it's that they are moving fast while making a product that looks good, does the job, and is snappy. Kudos to the (2 person) team!

The product velocity is probably because it's only two people, not despite their team size.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by vcavallo »

eXpl0it3r wrote: post #111
vcavallo wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, bad news for me if I’m using GitHub? Edit: looking in to https://workingcopyapp.com/ now. an iOS git client.

Did you use some plugin that helped with the committing and pushing? On Android you could probably somehow do a local checkout, but don't think that will work with iOS due to file system restrictions.

I just found this: https://workingcopyapp.com/

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by EleanorKonik »

lolive wrote: post #114

I use Dropbox to sync my Obsidian folder. I wonder how Obsidian for Mobile can handle that. [I presume it cannot]

I use Dropbox via DropSync and it's been working great for months. I'm told by folks in the Discord that Dropbox mobile app itself probably works, I just personally preferred the (free) DropSync app for syncing with my Dropbox account.
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