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Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Re: Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Post by lolinder »

wkat4242 wrote: post #248
lolinder wrote: post #6

> Since my PKMS is hosted online to manage notes across devices, I have multiple layers of security to ensure my notes are kept private. {Screenshot of a login form} The biggest life hack I can recommend for a self hoster is to set up a VPN on your local network and then just never expose your services on the public internet unless you're specifically trying to serve people outside your own household. Before I did th…

I do this too yes. It's a great extra level of security though probably not too smart to rely on as the only one. It's true you're already screwed if they get past the VPN and I also don't set up Auth for stuff that doesn't have any private details. But don't count on just the VPN for sensitive stuff. Like password manager.

Yeah, definitely don't do turn off auth for things that matter, if only because I'm not perfectly disciplined at keeping my guests off my main network. I'm talking about tiny services that do one thing—ollama, tts/stt, and similar. Stuff where the worst case scenario is someone using up some processor cycles, not data leaks.

Re: Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Post by rtrgrd »

miki123211 wrote: post #240
lolinder wrote: post #6

> Since my PKMS is hosted online to manage notes across devices, I have multiple layers of security to ensure my notes are kept private. {Screenshot of a login form} The biggest life hack I can recommend for a self hoster is to set up a VPN on your local network and then just never expose your services on the public internet unless you're specifically trying to serve people outside your own household. Before I did th…

Even better, set up Tailscale. It's far easier to set up, is much more reliable (e.g. when devices are behind firewalls), and uses direct (encrypted) connections when possible. You can get it to do what you want with just a few clicks. Things like exposing a IoT VLAN on your Tailnet or setting up an exit node to tunnel all internet traffic through your home are super easy. You can even share specific devices with fri…

Or, for those who are paranoid about relying on a company, setting up headscake is relatively quick and painless too - currently using it to sync between devices across multiple cities.

Re: Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Post by rtpg »

What do people's success stories with fancy PKMS looks like? I get writing stuff down, but I've never quite gotten the deep linking stuff. I tend to just be able to get away with some basic folders.

Re: Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Post by emadda »

shreezus wrote: post #208
mettamage wrote: post #124

I'm at the other side of the note system trade-off thingy. I use Apple Notes. It's not perfect, but if I really want better search functionality, I'll just use the SQLite database that stores the notes. I've never needed to roll up my sleeves for that. I get around the limitations. It's not perfect, but crafting one's own Personal Knowledge Management System sounds like a 5 year journey for 10 to 20 hours per week at…

Exactly - I have tinkered with all sorts of systems (including Obsidian), and ultimately prefer the simplicity of Apple Notes. I have a system of nested folders and tags that handles my organization needs pretty well, and I find added complexity just ends up adding more friction to the note-taking process. Apple Notes search could certainly use improvement though.

I created Hot Notes to fuzzy search my Apple Notes folders and titles, it is working quite well for me. I think it could work well for your nested folders.

https://github.com/emadda/hot-notes

Re: Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Post by Dylan16807 »

montagg wrote: post #241

Wait. Sync is “free” if you want to use some other service other than Obsidian’s. I pay for Obsidian sync partially for slightly more convenience (fewer non-integrated points of failure) and also to support the app itself. I’d gladly pay $1000 over a decade for a crucial tool. If the concern is open source and true longevity, I get it, you don’t get that here. But cost for value? Holy shit. $1000 over a decade is abs…

There's a lot of tools that are very useful but I'm not going to spend that much on. My water bottle is one.

And I don't think food is a good comparison. Or renting a physical space, depending on what you get out of being a regular.

Still, the basic price of $50 a year for sync is something I wouldn't be very upset with... except my main goal is a collaborative setup with other people and I'm not paying 5x or more to make that work.

Re: Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Post by mynegation »

chris12321 wrote: post #178
lolinder wrote: post #6

> Since my PKMS is hosted online to manage notes across devices, I have multiple layers of security to ensure my notes are kept private. {Screenshot of a login form} The biggest life hack I can recommend for a self hoster is to set up a VPN on your local network and then just never expose your services on the public internet unless you're specifically trying to serve people outside your own household. Before I did th…

You can also set up DNS records pointing to your home server's VPN IP, which, with Tailscale, I've found to be pretty static and then a reverse proxy on your home server. So I have my home network apps running on app1.my-domiain.com app2.my-domain.com, app3.my-domain.com etc, which only work when I'm connected to the VPN. The downsides are that I need to be connected to the VPN at home to use the domain and I current…

There is a solution for the first. I have setup my home server torun Tailscale _and_ be a router to 192.168.2.x network (you can set this up in the Tailscale UI). I have server.mydomain.com to resolve to 192.168.2.x address and this way I can access it from the outside via Tailscale and from inside without the need to turn on Tailscale. I have https setup via DNS-01 challenge as well and updated automatically.

Re: Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Post by AstroBen »

MeetingsBrowser wrote: post #234
AstroBen wrote: post #100

> It helped me reclaim control over my privacy, and significantly cut down on recurring costs. Obsidian has end to end encryption and is $4 a month. I totally relate to it being fun to build your own tools but acting like it's a practical use of time... idk

Obsidian's syncing was pretty spotty for me. I was a big fan and was paying by the year, but kept getting frustrated when notes weren't syncing across devices. $4/month is a lot for something that only sometimes syncs.

Ah, I've never had an issue there

Re: Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Post by varenc »

lolinder wrote: post #6

> Since my PKMS is hosted online to manage notes across devices, I have multiple layers of security to ensure my notes are kept private. {Screenshot of a login form} The biggest life hack I can recommend for a self hoster is to set up a VPN on your local network and then just never expose your services on the public internet unless you're specifically trying to serve people outside your own household. Before I did th…

This is what Tailscale is great at.
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