Khalid
kepanoWhy @obsidian is 100% user-supported and not backed by VC investors
grechaw
Everyday.Human Derek
Billy SmithHave you come across Sensorica?
They're using a similar approach for Open-Source HardWare designs.
Myke Hurley@kepano I love this
Thor Schroeder
Dave Lane 🇳🇿
nrk@kepano any plan to open-source it?
CodeMacLife
kahakai
ilyess@ilyess @kepano @obsidian I think these are the only ones that I'm aware of:
- https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidian-open-source/
- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/is-it-true-that-obsidian-is-already-open-source/46413
- https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidian-open-source/
- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/is-it-true-that-obsidian-is-already-open-source/46413
Ю ⁂@kepano @obsidian As I rely more and more on canvas, is there a plan to "open-source" canvas rendering? Markdown is there to last. But canvas is not a broad standard. While canvas files are text-based and therefore readable by any software able to, the correct rendering is an Obsidian specific functionality. What can we do to ensure future-proofness of canvas files beyond Obsidian?
EDIT: As it was pointed out, the canvas JSON format seems rather trivial to reimplement.
happyborg@kepano
Same with #SafeNetwork: non-VC, your data forever and a level playing field for developers and creatives of all kinds at scale at zero cost to them.
@obsidian
Same with #SafeNetwork: non-VC, your data forever and a level playing field for developers and creatives of all kinds at scale at zero cost to them.
@obsidian
cyocum@kepano @obsidian I don't want to be annoying or rude but I cannot tell what Obsidian does from the front page of the website. I know about how to get your Discord but not what the app actually does. I am not seeing anything obvious that links to "What is Obsidian?" or "About" or something like that.
MaurizioThat's probably because the page linked on the profile description is not the main page. If you go to https://obsidian.md the first thing you'll see is a brief description of the app followed by a few paragraphs of details.
Ben
EmbraceBecoming
Tom@tjk @obsidian VCware can be open-source, and the outcome is the same. For context:
https://mastodon.social/@kepano/111909629157262640
https://mastodon.social/@kepano/111909629157262640
Karl Voit 
@kepano @obsidian That's great.
However, this might as well change any time.
This is why I don't invest money nor effort in lock-in situations, especially with products I want to use for decades, not just months or until the next hype hits the market.
Related:
https://karl-voit.at/2021/01/18/tool-choices/ https://karl-voit.at/2024/01/28/logseq-from-org-pov/
retsil
Smitty
Stefan Bohacek@kepano @obsidian Recently switched to it from Evernote and really loving it!
Also nice hearing the same from @Gargron in his recent interview.
"A VC-backed company usually goes through the stage where everything is great and fantastic, everything is free, and it works great. Then they get enough users for the VCs to get curious about getting a return on the investment. And then suddenly there's ads, there's paid tiers, there's limitations. "
https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/
lebout2canap ⏚@kepano @obsidian I find similarities there with certain principles of @Framasoft (which among other things is at the origin of the @peertube project).
Aral Balkan@kepano @obsidian Good on you :) This is why not taking VC is a core principle of #SmallTech
Timothy Perfitt@kepano i heard someone say that "customer money is the best money". It validates the product and also pays payroll.
Abner Germanow"It is now possible for tiny teams to make principled software that millions of
people use, unburdened by investors. Principled apps that put people in
control of their data, their privacy, their wellbeing. These principles can be
irrevocably built into the architecture of the app."
+1 - It's a new world folks.