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craft & exploration.

Note composer is a core Obsidian plugin that merges notes and extracts selections into new ones, rewriting your links as it goes. Here's how to actually use it.

Node's built-in test runner has been stable since v20 and now handles mocking, coverage, watch mode, and TypeScript files. Here's what it does well and where it still falls short.

Scheduling apps issue debit cards now, and invoicing tools offer loans. Here is the three-layer stack underneath embedded finance, where the money actually comes from, and what the Synapse collapse changed about who has to keep the ledger.

Obsidian's search operators are precise, but they only find notes when you remember the words you used. Here's what local embedding plugins add, where they quietly fail, and why hybrid ranking is the honest answer.

Snippets let you define reusable chunks of markup inline and render them like functions. They replace slots, kill the let: directive, and mean you stop extracting a component every time you repeat six lines.

Sticky headers, snapped carousel slides, and scroll shadows have all been JavaScript jobs for a decade. Scroll-state container queries hand that work back to CSS.

Sector rotation charts promise a map of the business cycle laid over the stock market. The taxonomy and the economic logic hold up well. The timing is where the evidence gets uncomfortable.

A high dividend yield can mean a company is generating serious cash, or it can mean the share price is falling faster than the payout. Here's how to tell the difference.

Obsidian ships with a custom URI protocol that lets scripts, browsers, and phone shortcuts read and write your vault without you touching the app. Here's how the core actions work and where the Advanced URI plugin picks up the slack.