The most exciting thing for me is that I can finally get back to making #Obsidian plugins. I too was daunted by waiting in the review queue 😅

Now you can get a plugin into Obsidian within 24 hours.
https://obsidian.md/blog/future-of-plugins/

mature things tend to get pressured into being less weird over time, so if you're starting from scratch your advantage is that you can be very weird

if you don't start weird you're probably trying to compete inside the local maximum of something more boring than you could be

Obsidian Reader also works on mobile using Safari on iOS or Firefox on Android.

You can set it as the default option when opening Web Clipper.

Obsidian Web Clipper now lets you manage highlights, and stays in Reader mode when you click links.

It's such a pleasant way to browse the web. You can control the colors, fonts, and easily copy anything to Markdown.

New policy from #Atlassian:

Unless you opt out by August 17th 2026, data from Jira and Confluence will automatically be used for AI training. Some data cannot be opted out at all on some plans.