Simon Späti 🏔️
> Obsidian will not exist forever, no app will. However, the files you create in Obsidian are yours, and can hopefully last for generations. @stephango.com Plaintext files as the foundation. Markdown the formatting. Neovim the editor—combined, they will last until the end of the days of computers.
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Plaintext files are: → Portable → Un-Commercial → Offline → No Dependencies →Easiest to convert Plaintext files are future-proof. #localfirst #fileoverapp

Plaintext Files
Plaintext Files

Knowhow stored in Notions and Google Docs will not scale (what if you need to change something?), we can’t do a search and replace. But why not use what developers have for ages for knowledge, too?

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I wrote more on my plain-text workflow with Markdown and Vim.

The Plain Text Workflow: How V...
The Plain Text Workflow: How Vim and Markdown Became My Backbone

How (Neo)Vim and Markdown unified my data engineering and writing workflow.

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