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Posts on obsidian
A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.
obsidianNov 3, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Maps: Put Your Place Notes on a Map With Bases
The official Maps plugin turns any Base into an interactive map. Here's how to structure coordinates, drive marker icons from properties, and avoid setup traps.
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obsidianOct 27, 2026· 3 min
Obsidian Bases Formulas: Computed Columns Your Notes Never Have to Store
Bases formulas let you calculate deadlines, flags, scores, and labels from properties you already have, so your frontmatter stays small and views stay smart.
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obsidianOct 20, 2026· 4 min
Mermaid Diagrams in Obsidian: Architecture Docs That Live Next to Your Notes
Obsidian renders Mermaid out of the box, so flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and state machines can live as plain text in your vault and diff cleanly in git.
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obsidianOct 16, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Keychain: Get Your API Keys Out of data.json
Obsidian's Keychain gives plugins one shared, device-local home for API keys instead of plaintext in data.json. Here's how it works and where it falls short.
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obsidianOct 13, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Quick Capture on iOS: Stop Losing Thoughts to the Loading Screen
Obsidian's Quick Capture for iOS 26 lets you jot a note from the Lock Screen or Control Center without waiting for your vault to load. Here's how it works.
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obsidianOct 9, 2026· 3 min
JSON Canvas: Generate Obsidian Canvases From a Script
A .canvas file is just JSON with an open spec. Here's how the format works and how to build a canvas from your notes with a short Node script.
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obsidianOct 6, 2026· 4 min
The Obsidian Linter Plugin: Consistent Frontmatter Without the Discipline
Linter is Prettier for your vault. Here's how to set it up safely, which YAML rules make your Bases and Dataview queries trustworthy, and how to opt notes out.
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obsidianOct 2, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Bases Kanban: A Board That Is Just Your Notes
Obsidian 1.14 adds a native kanban layout to Bases. Here's how to build a board where dragging a card rewrites a property, and where it still falls short.
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obsidianSep 29, 2026· 5 min
Obsidian File Recovery: The Undo Button You Forgot You Had
Obsidian quietly snapshots your notes every few minutes. Here's how File recovery works, how to restore a lost paragraph, and why it still isn't a backup.
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obsidianSep 25, 2026· 4 min
The Obsidian CLI: Script Your Vault From the Terminal
Obsidian 1.12 ships an official command line interface. Here's how to capture notes, query tasks and Bases, and run vault health checks from shell scripts.
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