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Obsidian QuickAdd: Capture, Templates, and Macros Without Leaving Your Keyboard thumbnail
obsidianJul 28, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian QuickAdd: Capture, Templates, and Macros Without Leaving Your Keyboard
QuickAdd turns Obsidian into a keyboard-driven capture machine. Here is how its Captures, Templates, and Macros actually work, with copy-paste examples.
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Building an Obsidian Theme: A Practical Guide to CSS Variables thumbnail
obsidianJul 24, 2026· 4 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 mode.
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Obsidian Web Clipper: Clip the Web Straight Into Your Vault thumbnail
obsidianJul 21, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Web Clipper: Clip the Web Straight Into Your Vault
The official Obsidian Web Clipper turns any web page into a clean, templated vault note. Here's how its templates, variables, and filters actually work.
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Obsidian on Mobile: Stop Fighting the Toolbar thumbnail
obsidianJul 17, 2026· 5 min
Obsidian on Mobile: Stop Fighting the Toolbar
Most people give up on Obsidian mobile because the defaults don't match how they actually capture notes. The fix isn't plugins — it's ten minutes in the Mobile settings.
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Obsidian Sync vs. Git vs. iCloud: Choosing a Vault Sync Strategy thumbnail
obsidianJul 14, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Sync vs. Git vs. iCloud: Choosing a Vault Sync Strategy
Your vault is just a folder of Markdown, which makes syncing it feel like a solved problem. It isn't. Here's how Obsidian Sync, Git, and iCloud actually behave once mobile and plugins enter the picture.
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Obsidian CSS Snippets: Customize Your Vault Without a Theme thumbnail
obsidianJul 10, 2026· 4 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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Obsidian Publish: Turn Your Vault Into a Website Without a Static Site Generator thumbnail
obsidianJul 7, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Publish: Turn Your Vault Into a Website Without a Static Site Generator
How Obsidian Publish turns selected notes into a live, searchable website with backlinks and graph view intact, and when it beats rolling your own digital garden.
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Obsidian Bases: Native Database Views Without Dataview thumbnail
obsidianJul 3, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Bases: Native Database Views Without Dataview
Bases is Obsidian's built-in core plugin for turning notes and their properties into live tables and cards. Here's how the syntax works and when to reach for it instead of Dataview.
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Obsidian for Developers: Make Your Vault Work Like Your Codebase thumbnail
obsidianJun 30, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian for Developers: Make Your Vault Work Like Your Codebase
Obsidian is plain-text markdown all the way down, which means the same tools you use on code work on your notes. Here's how to version your vault with Git, get real syntax highlighting, and run JavaScript inside your notes.
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