kepano (@kepano) on Farcaster

One thing that makes Obsidian Reader insanely difficult to build is that websites are full of bugs and bad HTML/metadata that I have to work around e.g. here New Scientist defined author as "#author.fullName}" in the metadata but Obsidian Reader still gets the correct one

what are the chances this thing will be abandonware in a month? you can make something in a few days but will you commit to maintaining and improving it for the next few years?

Obsidian 1.12.7 is now available to all for desktop and mobile. We made Obsidian CLI even faster. Requires updating to the latest installer.

11d

The future is not creating a power drill from scratch for every task. It's making reliable tools that can easily adapt to the task. A power drill provides motorized torque in a handheld format. It's more malleable than a screwdriver because you can change the bits.

13d

I have been working on Obsidian Reader for over a year. I didn't want to share it until I felt it was good enough. It's finally there. Consistent formatting for any article. Outline, syntax highlighting, nice footnotes, adjustable typography. Runs locally. Just rules, no AI.

16d

If you are using MCP to access your data, you are trusting that third party with unencrypted access to your data. Third-party MCPs are not an option if you value privacy. End-to-end encryption makes MCP effectively useless.

19d

Defuddle now returns Youtube transcripts! Paste a YouTube link into defuddle·md to get a markdown transcript with timestamps, chapters, and pretty good diarization ...or if you just want to read it, try the new Reader mode in /obsidian Web Clipper powered by Defuddle

21d

what do you use Obsidian Bases for in your vault?

26d

Obsidian 1.12.5 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile with a few fixes for Obsidian CLI and copy/pasting across apps.

28d

Defuddle now has a website! This means you can use Defuddle anywhere to get the main content of a page in Markdown format. You can simply add defuddle .md before any URL, use it via curl, Skills, CLI, or add it to your app via NPM.

Obsidian Sync now has a headless client, so you can sync vaults to a server without using the desktop app. Try the open beta:

Obsidian 1.12 is now available to everyone! - Obsidian CLI - Bases search - Image resizing - Automatically clean up unused images - Better copy/paste into rich text apps like Google Docs - Native iOS share sheet

Anything you can do in Obsidian you can do from the command line. Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).

Obsidian 1.12.3 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile.

Obsidian 1.12.2 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile. - New share sheet on iOS! - Copy/pasting from Obsidian to other apps now preserves formatting - CLI commands default to silent operation and don't expect an active file by default. - Plugins can now register CLI commands - Adde...