Practical Obsidian for serious note-takers
Plugin reviews tested across real vaults, Dataview queries that survive plugin updates, and template packs we actually use day-to-day. Written by three working knowledge-workers, not a content team.
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Plugins
Reviews and tutorials for specific Obsidian plugins.
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Daily notes, PKM systems, GTD setups in Obsidian.
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Vault, note, and project templates ready to import.
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Dataview and DataviewJS queries, with code.
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Who writes here
Three contributors — Ethan Marlow on vault architecture and plugin reviews, Priya Ravi on Dataview and DataviewJS, and Caleb Yoon on workflows and templates. Every article is tested against the named plugin version and is dated. We update or retire posts when they go stale. See our editorial policy for how that works.
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