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Design Your Ideal Week in Obsidian
Big Kanban boards get overwhelming. I added a triage mode and an ideal week mode to the Kanban Action Planner plugin for Obsidian. Here's how they work and why an ideal week is worth designing.
Personal Knowledge Management
Journaling Is the Most Underrated Knowledge Management Habit
Journaling isn't just about feelings. Your daily note can be where you plan, track your life, think in writing, and capture everything you learn. Here's why it belongs at the heart of your knowledge management practice.
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Knowii Voice AI 0.8.0 - Drop a File, Get the Text
Knowii Voice AI 0.8.0 is out. Drop audio or video files onto the app and they come out as text, the transcribe CLI now ships in every installer, and transcriptions come out cleaner thanks to word replacements, phonetic fixes and filler word removal. Everything still runs entirely on your machine.
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The Complete Guide to Dataview in Obsidian - Query Everything, Then Make It Last
Dataview turns your vault into a database you can query. But a result that only exists at render time is not knowledge you own. Here is everything Dataview can do, everything it cannot, and what I changed after 15,116 queries.
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Claude Epic Status Line: A Better Status Bar for Claude Code
A color-coded status line for Claude Code showing context, git, session cost, and the rate limits Anthropic doesn't surface — including per-model weekly caps.
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The Complete Guide to the Obsidian CLI - Everything You Can Do From the Terminal
The complete guide to the official Obsidian CLI. What it is, how to enable it on macOS, Windows, and Linux, all supported commands, the TUI, eval and the JavaScript API, the different ways to reach your vault from the terminal, and how AI agents drive it.
Tools
The Complete Guide to Templates and Templater in Obsidian
Templates are how every Obsidian note is created with the right properties and structure already in place. The complete guide to templates and Templater: core vs community plugin, the interpolation vs execution model, choices, dynamic dates, auto-filing, JavaScript, and where AI fits in.
Obsidian
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Give your AI superpowers with the Obsidian vault I run my whole business from
Obsidian Starter Kit v5: the AI-ready vault I run my whole business from. Your AI knows your context, does the work, and it's ready on day one.
Tools
Design Your Ideal Week in Obsidian
Big Kanban boards get overwhelming. I added a triage mode and an ideal week mode to the Kanban Action Planner plugin for Obsidian. Here's how they work and why an ideal week is worth designing.
Tools
The Complete Guide to Obsidian Automation - From Templates to an AI Operating System
Obsidian automation is three layers stacked on one idea: your notes are plain files, so anything can operate on them. Here is the complete map, from your first template to an AI Operating System.
Tools
The Complete Guide to Dataview in Obsidian - Query Everything, Then Make It Last
Dataview turns your vault into a database you can query. But a result that only exists at render time is not knowledge you own. Here is everything Dataview can do, everything it cannot, and what I changed after 15,116 queries.
Tools
The Complete Guide to the Obsidian CLI - Everything You Can Do From the Terminal
The complete guide to the official Obsidian CLI. What it is, how to enable it on macOS, Windows, and Linux, all supported commands, the TUI, eval and the JavaScript API, the different ways to reach your vault from the terminal, and how AI agents drive it.
Tools
The Complete Guide to Templates and Templater in Obsidian
Templates are how every Obsidian note is created with the right properties and structure already in place. The complete guide to templates and Templater: core vs community plugin, the interpolation vs execution model, choices, dynamic dates, auto-filing, JavaScript, and where AI fits in.
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Knowii Voice AI 0.8.0 - Drop a File, Get the Text
Knowii Voice AI 0.8.0 is out. Drop audio or video files onto the app and they come out as text, the transcribe CLI now ships in every installer, and transcriptions come out cleaner thanks to word replacements, phonetic fixes and filler word removal. Everything still runs entirely on your machine.
Tools
Claude Epic Status Line: A Better Status Bar for Claude Code
A color-coded status line for Claude Code showing context, git, session cost, and the rate limits Anthropic doesn't surface — including per-model weekly caps.
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Knowii Voice AI 0.7.0 - Rock-Solid Linux Support
Knowii Voice AI 0.7.0 is out, and it makes voice typing rock-solid on Linux. Reliable global shortcuts on GNOME, KDE, and Hyprland, correct keyboard layouts on Wayland, GPU acceleration out of the box, plus quality-of-life improvements for every platform.
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How I Build AI Skills That Actually Work
A 5-step recipe for turning any repeatable process into a reusable AI agent skill. Do, Codify, Run, Iterate, Skillify. The first four come from Evelyn Chapman. The fifth is what turns a process note into actual automation.
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How to Run Claude Code on Your GitHub Copilot Subscription
A 15-minute setup that wires Claude Code to GitHub Copilot's backend through a local LiteLLM proxy. No Anthropic plan needed.
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Heavy AI Agents Are an Anti-Pattern: Why Fewer Agents With More Skills Wins
Heavy specialized AI agents are an anti-pattern. Fewer agents with deep skill libraries beat them on every axis that matters: cognitive load, flexibility, context budget, determinism, and maintenance
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Personal Knowledge Management
Personal Knowledge Management
Journaling Is the Most Underrated Knowledge Management Habit
Journaling isn't just about feelings. Your daily note can be where you plan, track your life, think in writing, and capture everything you learn. Here's why it belongs at the heart of your knowledge management practice.
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Creative Momentum - Why Most Creators Fail Before They Even Start
Your knowledge system is the difference between consistent creation and creative paralysis. Discover how a Personal Knowledge Management system protects creative momentum by eliminating the friction that kills consistent output
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Build Your Knowledge System for Decades, Not Months: Why Long-Term Thinking Matters in PKM
Most people build knowledge systems for today. Smart people build them for decades. Here's why that choice matters more than you think, and how to make the right decisions
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12 Common Personal Knowledge Management Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Most people fail at Personal Knowledge Management before they even get started — here are the 12 traps to avoid.
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The Past, Present and Future of Digital Knowledge Management: From Paper to AI-Enhanced Systems
Explore the fascinating evolution of Knowledge Management from isolated documents to AI-enhanced knowledge graphs, and discover what the future holds for how we capture, connect, and leverage our ideas.
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Free Knowledge Management Workshop
Time to fix your mental overload issue. Time to get on top of everything. Time to get organized (for real). Time to understand and leverage knowledge management.
Knowledge Work
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How to Choose the Right Tools for Your PKM System
Learn how to choose the right Personal Knowledge Management tools without getting lost in endless options and features. A practical guide focused on what really matters.
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Deep Thinking in a Fast World - The Case for Asynchronous Communication
Discover how embracing asynchronous communication can transform slow thinking from a perceived weakness into a professional strength, leading to deeper insights and better workplace contributions.
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How I Organize My Work As a Solo Founder
Discover how I organize my work as a solo founder using systems that boost productivity, focus, maintain balance, and help me achieve mental clarity and consistent progress.
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Personal Organization 101
Learn how to build a personal organization system that actually works. From choosing the right tools to creating habits, routines, and workflows. A practical guide for anyone feeling overwhelmed, disorganized, or drowning in tasks.
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Guarding Your Focus: Essential Strategies to Protect Your Attention
Attention is a prized currency. Basically, every company around you is trying to grab your attention to get a return on investment. What does it mean for lifelong learners and knowledge workers? What are the pitfalls to avoid and ways to leverage that to learn better and be more productive?
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On the Importance of Writing
Writing is an essential skill to develop if you want to reach “the next level” in your Knowledge Work career. Here's why.
Productivity & Organization
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Stop Tweaking Your Tools and Start Actually Using Them - How Perfectionism is Killing Your Productivity
Endless tool customization is often procrastination in disguise. Tweaking only helps when it solves a real, measured problem; otherwise pick a tool, use it, and get back to the work that matters. Here's how to break the loop.
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Overcoming Perfectionism: How to Break Free from the Enemy of Progress
Discover how perfectionism hinders progress and learn practical strategies to overcome the fear of imperfection, boost productivity, and achieve your goals without getting stuck in the pursuit of flawlessness
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Your habits and routines make you
Discover how your daily habits and routines shape your identity, success, and overall life outcomes.
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Pick a tool, and stick with it
Stop chasing the perfect tool—embrace the one that works well enough, use it for long enough, and focus on mastering it
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Knowledge Worker Kit - Announcement
A product update for the Knowledge Worker Kit
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The Power of Setting Achievable Goals: How Lowering the Bar Leads to Success
Exploring the transformative power of setting achievable goals, this blog post delves into the art of breaking down grand ambitions into manageable tasks to foster progress and reduce stress
Learning
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Everyone Told Me This Reading Method Was Wrong. Now I Read 3X More Books and Never Get Bored
Discover why reading multiple books in parallel isn't cheating. It's the "secret" to deeper understanding, better retention, and falling in love with reading again.
#pillar-writing-and-thinking
The Enduring Value of Timeless Concepts
Timeless concepts are safe bets when learning
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Content curation as a way to level up communities
Explore how content curation powers community growth and engagement by selectively organizing and sharing knowledge to foster connections and learning
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Focus on things that don't change
Focus on things that don't change to build solid foundations and invest your time in the best possible way.
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How to think logically
Learn what it means to think logically. Cultivate thought processes to help you better solve problems
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Problem-solving 101
Discover the most important problem-solving skills and techniques
Personal Development & Mental Health
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How to fight against inertia to change the world
Changing the world requires knowing how to fight against inertia in all its shapes and forms. Here's how.
#pillar-creator-systems
Understanding Eventual Reciprocity
Eventual reciprocity is a long-term game that can help you build better relationships, accumulate trust, social capital, reputation, and has unexpected benefits.
#pillar-zen-productivity
Summary of what alcohol does to your body, brain and health
No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health. Here's why.
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Be Grateful for the Small Things Too
Discover the transformative power of appreciating life's simple pleasures. Practice gratitude and find joy in the small things
#pillar-knowledge-work
Chasing Joy Over Career: Why Happiness Should Be Your Priority Now
Stop optimizing for money and status. Focus on happiness instead.
#pillar-writing-and-thinking
Meeting with yourself
Meeting with yourself can profoundly impact your wellbeing, happiness and productivity. Don't miss out on the opportunity!
Writing
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Stop Losing Your Best Ideas - The Journaling System That Changed My Life
Your brain generates brilliant insights daily, but most disappear forever. Here's the journaling system I've refined over a decade to capture, connect, and compound my best ideas into real progress.
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21 months in and 80K views later
How my failed startup experience led to 80K views in a month
#pillar-writing-and-thinking
Software Development Concepts e-book collection
A collection of e-books to turn you into a full-stack developer
#pillar-writing-and-thinking
Histoire courte — Zoey & Jenny — Partie 1
Zoey est de retour
#pillar-content-systems
How to succeed with online writing. The journey from 4K to 30K views per month. Lessons learned
How to succeed with online writing. Discover my lessons learned
#pillar-writing-and-thinking
How to start writing
A writer's process and tools. Kickstart your writing!
Software Development
Software Development
Introducing the IT Concepts Wall
Discover the IT Concepts Wall, a huge collection of resources about IT and Software Development.
#pillar-creator-systems
How to build a Product: From idea to code
How to go from an idea to an actual product. A story about product development
#pillar-knowledge-work
Developer Career Paths
Discover developer career paths you can choose to pursue
Software Development
Angular 13 in Depth
Everything you need to know about Angular 13
Software Development
Why Craftsmanship Matters
Craftsmanship has been around for ages, but why does it matter in software engineering?
Software Development
How to use Tailwind with Svelte and Nrwl NX
Learn how to use Tailwind with Svelte and Nrwl NX
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I Built a Graph Explorer for Obsidian Bases. Here's Why LLM Wikis Need a Visual Layer
I built Graph Explorer Base View to solve a real problem: LLM Wikis generate tons of interconnected notes, but without a visual layer, you can't see clusters, gaps, or what still needs review.
Your AI Doesn't Know You: Why PKM Is the Missing Foundation for AI Agents
Most AI agents are flying blind. They have no memory, no context, and no idea who you are. Here's why your knowledge base is the missing piece.
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Introducing the Knowledge Forge: Where Raw Information Becomes Powerful Knowledge
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