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Posts tagged #obsidian-api-and-themes
A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.
obsidianOct 16, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Keychain: Get Your API Keys Out of data.json
Obsidian's Keychain gives plugins one shared, device-local place to keep API keys instead of plaintext in data.json. Here's how it works, what it fixes, and where it still trips people up.
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obsidianAug 25, 2026· 3 min
Writing an Obsidian Plugin Is Smaller Than You Think
Most people patch around a missing Obsidian feature with a Templater script and a CSS snippet. The plugin API is often the shorter path, and the surface…
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obsidianJul 24, 2026· 3 min
Building an Obsidian Theme: A Practical Guide to CSS Variables
You do not need to fight cascade specificity to restyle Obsidian. Override a handful of CSS variables and you have a real theme that respects light and dark…
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obsidianJul 10, 2026· 3 min
Obsidian CSS Snippets: Customize Your Vault Without a Theme
Community themes are all-or-nothing. CSS snippets let you change one thing at a time, and Obsidian's built-in variables make it easier than you'd expect.
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